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Endnotes, October 2022
Endnotes, October 2022 In this edition: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony from the Czech Philharmonic, Elgar, choral music from Severnside, reviewed by Stuart Millson Sometimes described as a “journey from darkness to brilliant light”, the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler (1901-02) … Continue reading
ENDNOTES, January 2022
ENDNOTES, January 2022 In this edition; Stuart Millson on composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor When one thinks of English music, one thinks immediately of Edward Elgar, or Ralph Vaughan Williams: figures who represent a very rooted, ancestrally-determined Englishness. Few people realise, however, … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, December 2021
ENDNOTES, December 2021 In this edition: Elgar, Ireland and Holst from the English Music Festival; Fairy Tales for saxophone and piano; reviewed by Stuart Millson The Autumn English Music Festival, held at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, was memorable for … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, September 2021
ENDNOTES, September 2021 In this edition: British oboe quintets, from Chandos Record; Holiday music by Elgar; reviewed by Stuart Millson; Coda, Romancing the Dome, by the Editor The Doric String Quartet accompanies Nicholas Daniel, oboe, on the Chandos label in a … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, March 2021
ENDNOTES, March 2021 In this edition: Elgar’s Italian maestro. Stuart Millson recalls conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. When Worcestershire’s Edward Elgar emerged from what has been described as provincial obscurity into the realms of the European romantic mainstream, it became clear that … Continue reading
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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, 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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