Category Archives: going to concerts

Bath Mozartfest 2011 (2): Imogen Cooper and the Sitkovetsky Trio

Posted on December 23, 2011 by vhk10

Some family members went to hear Imogen Cooper (a regular at festivals in Bath) playing at the Assembly Rooms. As a pupil of Alfred Brendel’s, she is very much in the same tradition of unshowy interpretation.  The least successful piece … Continue reading →

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Bath Mozartfest 2011 (1): The Sixteen

Posted on December 22, 2011 by vhk10

My first Mozartfest concert was The Sixteen in Bath Abbey. Having missed their ‘choral pilgrimage’ when it came to Wells a few weeks ago I wanted to catch them especially as they were doing Purcell. Purcell is in fact a … Continue reading →

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The Bath Recital Artists’ Trust

Posted on October 13, 2011 by vhk10

This organises a regular and well-advertised series of recitals in the Pump Room, given by up-and-coming performers. My husband received a pair of complimentary tickets to the piano recital by Christopher Guild – we’re not sure why. Perhaps they selected … Continue reading →

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Weber/Berlioz at the Proms

Posted on September 26, 2011 by vhk10

My husband went to the penultimate night of the Proms. It’s no longer invariably Beethoven 9; this time it was a semi-staged performance of Der Freischütz in the adaptation by Berlioz, which sets recitatives to music and uses Invitation to … Continue reading →

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Proms 57 and 60: Mozart piano concertos and big symphonies

Posted on September 6, 2011 by vhk10

Some others in the family went to Prom 57 on Saturday, this time going on spec and standing in the gallery.  The Tonhalle Orchestra from Zurich under David Zinman began with the premiere of Cold Heat by Anders Hillborg, which … Continue reading →

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Prom 42: Swan Lake

Posted on August 23, 2011 by vhk10

Some others in the family went to hear Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre orchestra perform Swan Lake at the Proms – my elder son’s first Promenade concert. This went down well.  We have a recording of the complete score, but … Continue reading →

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Bath MusicFest 2011

Posted on June 30, 2011 by vhk10

The Festival is shorter now and largely coincided with half-term, so there was less opportunity to go to concerts, but we managed two. Some in the family went to hear the Scholtes and Janssens Piano Duo perform in the Assembly … Continue reading →

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I get to hear Eternal Light

Posted on April 9, 2011 by vhk10

This piece by Howard Goodall seems to be flavour of the month right now. It received two performances on the south side of Lansdown Hill within four weeks, the second being by CanZona. It formed the second part of a … Continue reading →

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half a concert in St. Stephen’s

Posted on March 5, 2011 by vhk10

I went to hear A Handful of Singers perform some recent British choral music at St. Stephen’s Church, Lansdown. The first half of the programme included one piece I’d performed myself – Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light – … Continue reading →

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Mozartfest 2010: Monteverdi’s aspect ratio

Posted on November 23, 2010 by vhk10

Others in the family made it to one of the central performances of the Mozartfest, Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players’ interpretation of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. This was quite a marathon as it was given without an … Continue reading →

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