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ENDNOTES, July 2020
ENDNOTES, July 2020 In this edition: late-romantic piano quintets by Franck and Fauré; & a classical music establishment in meltdown, by Stuart Millson The Prague-based Wihan Quartet – winners of the London International String Quartet Competition in 1991 – has … Continue reading
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Tagged Cesar Franck, Elgar, Gabriel Fauré, Wihan Quartet
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ENDNOTES, November 2018
ENDNOTES, November 2018 In this edition: In Remembrance, from the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital, Percy Sherwood’s Double Concerto from EM Records, Orchestral Works, by Ruth Gipps. A century ago this month, The Great War– the “war to end wars”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Elgar, Fauré, Frederic Cowen, Percy Sherwood, Ruth Gipps
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ENDNOTES, August 2018
ENDNOTES, August 2018 In this edition: a flourish, from Sir Granville Bantock on the Somm label; piano sonatas by Beethoven, and Elgar’s Second Symphony, from Chandos Records, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was a noted composer, conductor … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Edward Gardner, Elgar, Granville Bantock, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Maria Marchant
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ENDNOTES, May 2018
Endnotes, May 2018 In this edition: a revelation from Roussel; Elgar, choral and orchestral music, reviewed by STUART MILLSON The music of Albert Roussel makes only the occasional appearance in British concert programmes or recording catalogues, with French 20th century music … Continue reading
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Tagged Debussy, Elgar, Ravel, Roussel
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Recessional
Recessional Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! (Kipling) For Stuart Millson, loss and decline … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, 6th December 2017
ENDNOTES, 6th December 2017 In this edition: Ronald Corp conducts Parry, Elgar & Vaughan Williams; A Wind in the Willows fantasy, narrated by Simon Callow; Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker from Bergen, reviewed by STUART MILLSON. Echoes of Mozart, reviewed by LESLIE JONES … Continue reading
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Tagged Abel Selaocoe, Aurora Orchestra, Elgar, Hodie, Labèque Sisters, Parry, Richard Birchall, Ronald Corp, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams
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ENDNOTES, 8th August 2017
ENDNOTES, 8th August 2017 In this edition: The Richard Hickox Legacy from Chandos Records, including The Black Knight, reviewed by Stuart Millson The orchestral and operatic conductor, Richard Hickox CBE, was probably one of the hardest-working and most committed … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, Chandos Records, Elgar, Richard Hickox, The Black Knight
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ENDNOTES, 5th June 2017
ENDNOTES, 5th June 2017 In a Summer Garden: new discoveries and romantic masterpieces at this year’s English Music Festival “Roses, lilies and a thousand sweet-scented flowers. Bright butterflies flitting from petal to petal, and gold-brown bees murmuring in the warm, … Continue reading
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Tagged Delius, Elgar, Em Marshall-Luck, English Music Festival, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Whitman
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ENDNOTES, April 2019
ENDNOTES, April 2019 by Stuart Millson In this edition: musical meditations on death and national decline From Chandos records, come two less-frequently-performed masterpieces by the doyen of English music, Sir Edward Elgar: The Music Makers (written in 1912) and The Spirit … Continue reading →
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