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Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Brouček
Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Brouček Thursday 9th June, 2022, Grange Park Opera, The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley Place Surrey, directed by David Pountney, reviewed by David Truslove With certain exceptions, Janáček’s operas are not often chosen for … Continue reading
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Welsh National Opera’s Jenůfa
At the heart of this psychological drama is Jenůfa’s corrosive shame set in motion by her pregnancy at the hands of the feckless Števa.
ENDNOTES, October 2018
ENDNOTES, October 2018 In this edition: Janacek from Decca, reviewed by Stuart Millson; Bruckner, Wagner & Schoenberg, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 30thSeptember 2018, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, reviewed by Leslie Jones The late-19th/early 20th-century Moravian-born Czech composer, … Continue reading
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Jenůfa
Jenůfa Jenůfa, Janáček, Director David Alden, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, London Coliseum, June 23rd 2016, reviewed by Leslie Jones The revolution heralded by the recent appointment of Daniel Kramer as ENO’s Artistic Director is yet to carry all before it, judging … 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 May 2015
ENDNOTES May 2015 In this issue: An Archduke from Beethoven * Intimate letters from Janacek * A sonata for strings by Malcolm Arnold * Pageant of British music from Chandos. Recorded live in the fine acoustic of St. George’s Bristol, … Continue reading
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Tagged Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven, Janacek, Kamilla Stosslova, Malcolm Arnold, Martinu, Stuart Millson
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