Tag Archives: John Eliot Gardiner

the last night but not the Last Night

Posted on September 16, 2022 by vhk10

I hadn’t been to a Prom since 2019 and was determined to fit one in from this season, choosing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis performed by the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, on the Wednesday of the final … 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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Bach’s B minor Mass

Posted on June 4, 2008 by vhk10

A few weeks ago I was listening to Bach’s B minor mass on the radio and regretting as I always do that I’d never sung soprano in a performance. (I did sing in a performance as a student, with the … Continue reading →

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