Monthly Archives: June 2009

six gunshots

The audience for the ROH’s recent production of Lulu were warned that they would hear these towards the end of the first scene of Act II (though if you don’t already know that this work contains gunfire, you probably also … Continue reading

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a quiet June/July

I seem to have been going to concerts more than performing in them. This part of the year is quieter than usual and there are various reasons, among them a couple of concerts I might have sung in and didn’t. … Continue reading

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National composers

I can’t get much of a musical angle on my recent short trip to Norway. I didn’t for example see the new opera house in Oslo or attend a church service (this country provides plenty of work for organists). Another … Continue reading

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the LSO Chamber Ensemble

The day after my trip to the South Bank, I was back in Bath to hear Nikolaij Znaider and the LSO Chamber Ensemble play two string sextets: Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht and Brahms’ first sextet. I heard the Schoenberg when it … Continue reading

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City of Dreams

I was back at the Royal Festival Hall on May 28th for another programme combining Berg and Mahler, in this case the Violin Concerto (with Christian Tetzlaff as soloist) and the Sixth Symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. I last heard … Continue reading

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Some concerts from the 2009 Bath Festival

I will mention these briefly, as I passed up the opportunity to go because of a residual tickly cough, and let others in the family hear them instead. First up were the Jerusalem Quartet, playing Haydn Op. 77/1, Bartók’s fourth … Continue reading

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the Festival opening night

Various family members were involved in this and I found myself dashing all over town to keep up. It began by watching, and then following, my son in the procession of children carrying their artwork on a ‘sea’ theme down … Continue reading

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