Elgar : The Dream of Gerontius
Toby Spence (tenor)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Alan Opie (baritone)
RSNO Chorus
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian
If music be the food of life... Oh, it definitely is! Some thoughts on the playing of.
Saturday, 30 May 2015
Sunday, 24 May 2015
RSNO, 23/05/2015
Berlioz : Roman Carnival Overture
Lalo : Symphonie espagnole (Ray Chen, violin)
Brahms : Symphony No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian
Lalo : Symphonie espagnole (Ray Chen, violin)
Brahms : Symphony No. 2
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian
Saturday, 16 May 2015
King Roger streamcast
I've known Szymanowski's King Roger in audio form for many years, and I'd have given my eye-teeth to be in London for the Royal Opera's first-ever staging of this marvellous work. Not possible, alas, and for some reason, the company saw fit not to add this to its cinema broadcast roster, but they did stream it live over the internet. It was available from a couple of sources, but I watched via the newly launched Opera Platform (www.theoperaplatform.eu), which also promises more and similar goodies to come, from opera houses all over Europe.
However, the problem is that it is a streamed broadcast. Unless you have a state-of-the-art home theatre, with smart TV, integrated sound system, etc., etc., then you're faced with a small screen, and tinny sound. The thing that really gets my goat is that it's apparently not possible to synchronise analogue and digital broadcasts. I have a perfectly good stereo system, and the ideal would have been to turn the sound off on my computer, and listen to the broadcast live via BBC Radio 3. Yet there's a ten second delay between the sound you get via FM, and the sound you get over the internet, which is just plain frustrating.
I'm not going to deprive myself of the pleasure of watching this sort of thing, I'm too much of an opera nut for that. But no matter how interesting King Roger was, it's going to remain a private indulgence, as the kind of reproduction quality you get in the cinema simply isn't available to me.
[Next : 23rd May]
However, the problem is that it is a streamed broadcast. Unless you have a state-of-the-art home theatre, with smart TV, integrated sound system, etc., etc., then you're faced with a small screen, and tinny sound. The thing that really gets my goat is that it's apparently not possible to synchronise analogue and digital broadcasts. I have a perfectly good stereo system, and the ideal would have been to turn the sound off on my computer, and listen to the broadcast live via BBC Radio 3. Yet there's a ten second delay between the sound you get via FM, and the sound you get over the internet, which is just plain frustrating.
I'm not going to deprive myself of the pleasure of watching this sort of thing, I'm too much of an opera nut for that. But no matter how interesting King Roger was, it's going to remain a private indulgence, as the kind of reproduction quality you get in the cinema simply isn't available to me.
[Next : 23rd May]
Friday, 15 May 2015
BBCSSO, 14/05/2015
Berio : Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" di Luigi Boccherini
Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 (Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano)
Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete incidental music)
Katherine Broderick, soprano
Clara Mouriz, mezzo-soprano
Actors from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Les Sirènes
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 21, K.467 (Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano)
Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night's Dream (complete incidental music)
Katherine Broderick, soprano
Clara Mouriz, mezzo-soprano
Actors from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Les Sirènes
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz
Labels:
BBCSSO,
Berio,
Boccherini,
Broderick,
concert,
Gavrylyuk,
Mendelssohn,
Mouriz,
Mozart,
Stenz
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Scottish Opera, 12/05/2015
Verdi : Il Trovatore
Chorus of Il Trovatore
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Tobias Ringborg
Chorus of Il Trovatore
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Tobias Ringborg
Labels:
Hughes Jones,
Lloyd-Evans,
Mason (A),
opera,
Ringborg,
Rutter (C),
Scottish Opera,
Verdi,
Wood (R)
RCS, 11/05/2015
Vaughan Williams : Sir John in Love
Chorus and Orchestra
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Timothy Dean
Chorus and Orchestra
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Timothy Dean
Labels:
Davies (EM),
Davis (B),
Dean (T),
Kuzikyan,
opera,
RCS,
Vaughan Williams
Friday, 8 May 2015
BBCSSO, 08/05/2015
Janacek : Sinfonietta
Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No. 1 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Mark O'Keeffe, trumpet)
Shostakovich : Symphony No. 15
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan
Shostakovich : Piano Concerto No. 1 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Mark O'Keeffe, trumpet)
Shostakovich : Symphony No. 15
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan
Saturday, 2 May 2015
RSNO, 02/05/2015
Sibelius : Night Ride and Sunrise
Grieg : Piano Concert (Christian Ihle Hadland, piano)
Nielsen : Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
John Storgårds
Grieg : Piano Concert (Christian Ihle Hadland, piano)
Nielsen : Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
John Storgårds
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