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Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre
Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre, Bayreuth Festival, Germany, Saturday 18th August 2018, directed by Frank Castorf, conducted by Plácido Domingo, reviewed by TONY COOPER In the second part of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre (in repertoire from 2013 … Continue reading
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Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth Festival, Germany, directed by Katharina Wagner, conducted by Christian Thielemann, Thursday, 16 August 2018, reviewed by TONY … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Thielemann, Katharina Wagner, Petra Lang, Piranesi, Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible
The New Oxford Annotated Bible 5thedition, Oxford University Press, fully revised and expanded, NRSV with Apocrypha. Pp. xxiii, 2416, ISBN: 978-0190276096. $95.00., reviewed by Darrell Sutton When Early Modern English was becoming the vernacular speech, Edward VI (1537-1553) removed restrictions … Continue reading
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Parsifal, Munich Opera Festival
Parsifal, Munich Opera Festival Richard Wagner’s Parsifal, Bayerischen Staatsoper, München, Germany, directed by Pierre Audi, sets by Georg Baselitz; Bayerischen Staatsorchester conducted by Kirill Petrenko, Tuesday, 31 July, 2018; reviewed by TONY COOPER In Pierre Audi’s strange but compelling production of … Continue reading
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Tagged Georg Baselitz, Jonas Kaufmann, Kirill Petrenko, Munich Opera Festival, Parsifal, Pierre Audi, Wagner
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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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Poetry and Politics in ‘Catherland’
Poetry and Politics in ‘Catherland’ by Darrell Sutton Although the middle States of America are not a hidden province, they are less familiar to people whose travels to the USA are restricted, more often than not, to sightseer visits to … Continue reading
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Tagged Nebraska, Oliver Goldsmith, Red Cloud, Willa Cather
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Humphrey Jennings – ‘poet’ of the British Cinema
Humphrey Jennings – ‘poet’ of the British Cinema by Stuart Millson Just a few years after the Second World War, a small film company – Wessex Film Productions Ltd. – issued a “short” – an information film (for the Central … Continue reading
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Tagged Dame Myra Hess, Humphrey Jennings, Lindsay Anderson, Surrealism, The Dim Little Island
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ENDNOTES, July 2018
Endnotes: July 2018, Michael Tippett, an overlooked English composer, by Stuart Millson; Steven Osborne, Martin Kasík, recitals reviewed by Leslie Jones Sir Michael Tippett – a greatly admired figure in the 1970s and ‘80s, especially during Proms seasons – has fallen … Continue reading
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Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures by Bill Hartley Anyone in search of tedious game shows, threadbare repeats and sales of junk jewellery is well catered for on British television. The sheer number of channels is bewildering and difficult to navigate. More means worse … Continue reading →
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