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ENDNOTES, January 2016
ENDNOTES, January 2016 In this edition: Tribute to Pierre Boulez * Brahms at the Barbican * Romantic English violin concertos from Tasmin Little * Enescu chamber works The classical music world was in mourning earlier this month with the announcement … Continue reading
ENDNOTES, 2nd December 2015
ENDNOTES, 2nd December 2015 In this edition: BBC Symphony Orchestra in Gallic mood at the Barbican * Edward Gardner conducts Janacek * Rare Grieg piano music from Somm Records Only a few days after the appalling terrorist outrage in Paris, … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlioz, Cesar Franck, Grieg, Janacek, Ravel, Symphonie Fantastique
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ENDNOTES October 5th 2015
ENDNOTES October 5th 2015 Atlantic Wall, from modernist, Wim Henderickx * Cordelia Williams enchants us with Schumann * The music of Tudor England * ‘Under the Admiral’s Flag’ – the RSNO marches past with the music of a Bohemian bandmaster … Continue reading
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Tagged John Taverner, Julius Fucik, Peter Phillips, Robert Schumann, Stuart Millson, Wim Henderickx
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ENDNOTES, 20th September, 2015
ENDNOTES, 20th September, 2015 All flags flying at the Last Night of the Proms – preceded by Russian masterpieces from St. Petersburg, and the visionary majesty of The Dream of Gerontius Stuart Millson enjoys the last week of the 2015 … Continue reading
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Tagged Elgar, Marin Alsop, Shostakovich, Sir Simon Rattle, Stuart Millson, The Dream of Gerontius, The Proms, Yuri Temirkanov
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ENDNOTES, 3rd September 2015
ENDNOTES, 3rd September 2015 Bruckner’s radiant vision at the Proms September’s arrival is a poignant moment in any Proms season. It means that there is not long to go before the Last Night, and that promenaders must savour the remaining … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Bruckner, Peter Oundjian, Stuart Millson
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ENDNOTES, 21st August 2015
ENDNOTES, 21st August 2015 Five important 20th-century works at the Proms The 121st season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts continues its onward stride, with large audiences attracted almost every night by that potent combination of innovation, presentation of the great … Continue reading
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Tagged John Foulds, Juanjo Mena, Olivier Messiaen, Osmo Vanska, Sibelius, Stuart Millson, The Proms
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ENDNOTES, July 24th 2015
ENDNOTES, July 24th 2015 First Night of the Proms Stuart Millson attends a much loved event As a young 19-year-old Promenader, I can remember the sense of expectation that I and others felt in the Arena queue for the First … Continue reading
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Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Carl Nielsen, Gary Carpenter, Sakari Oramo, Sibelius, Stuart Millson, Walton
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ENDNOTES, July 17, 2015
ENDNOTES, July 17, 2015 In this edition: BBC Symphony Orchestra at the 2015 Aldeburgh Festival * New Nielsen symphony cycle from Chandos Had the homesick Benjamin Britten, during his early wartime sojourn in North America, not discovered a volume of … Continue reading
ENDNOTES: From first to last night
ENDNOTES: From first to last night Stuart Millson looks forward to the Proms ENDNOTES, June 2015 In this edition: BBC launches its Proms programme for 2015 * Sir Andrew Davis conducts the enigmatic Charles Ives * Tasmin Little soars in … Continue reading