Tag Archives: Schubert

Bath Mozartfest 2023

I’m going to deal with this year’s Mozartfest fairly quickly because I have quite a backlog to get through (I’m writing this some time after the event, as with rather too many blog entries this year). This year the Festival … Continue reading

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Bath Festival 2023

I didn’t get to anything in this year’s Bath Festival – there are fewer classical concerts these days and it came at a busy time for me. However I have eye(?ear)witness reports on a couple of the concerts held in … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2022 and Nosferatu

The Bath Mozartfest presented a full programme for its 2022 edition, largely in the Assembly Rooms (the Guildhall did not feature). All Covid restrictions had apparently been lifted, apart from visible hand sanitizer and the absence of a coat rack. … Continue reading

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in praise of … the filler

Why did Schubert never continue his Quartettsatz D703? Did he get distracted? Run out of inspiration? Or was he prescient enough to think ‘One day people will be able to preserve performances on a medium lasting about an hour, and … Continue reading

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two Requiems in Winsley

This spring is a time for rediscovering Requiems that I haven’t sung in ages. First it was Mozart, now Howells, which I have only sung once before, in my Cambridge days. (There are other Requiems that have long awaited another … Continue reading

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Bath Mozartfest (3) – Sitkovetskys and Tallis Scholars

My husband went to hear the regular Festival visitors, the Sitkovetsky Trio, give a lunchtime recital at the Guildhall. They were not quite on their best form. Haydn’s ‘Gypsy Rondo’ trio worked well but Schubert’s D929 trio is rambling and … Continue reading

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The Bath Festival 2018 – 2

My husband went to a couple of concerts in the Bath Festival, both given by performers who clearly enjoyed what they were doing. Roman Rabinovich did a cycle of Haydn sonatas at St Michael’s Church. These were good performances given … Continue reading

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Bath Mozartfest 2017

We didn’t do much about getting tickets in advance, partly because there were lots of good concerts and we were happy with almost anything that didn’t sell out. Imogen Cooper is a regular here, though it was a little surprising … Continue reading

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Gloomy Mahler (2) – Kindertotenlieder

The Bath Philharmonia and Jason Thornton brought Mahler back to St Swithin’s Church. For the conductor, Jason Thornton, this marked the point at which he had conducted all of Mahler’s orchestral works We had Mahler’s orchestration for strings of the … Continue reading

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Aaaaaah …. Neptune

I thought I had sung in enough major orchestral works for the first time for one year, but another came up at short notice; the wordless chorus in the final movement of Holst’s Planets suite. This was put on by … Continue reading

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