Edinburgh International Festival: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble – On Behalf of Nature

Von Alan Coady, 19 August 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, am 16 August 2013

Monk, On Behalf of Nature

Meredith Monk, Sänger

Vocal Ensemble

Allison Sniffin, Direktor

Yoshia Yabara, Kostüme

John Hollenbeck, Percussion

A brief journey into the timeless world of Meredith Monk

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd September

The North American premiere of Indra's Net finds Meredith Monk back in her familiar, inexplicable realm.

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Voices, voices in space, and spaces: Thoughts on 50 years of Meredith Monk

Rebecca Lentjes, 22nd March

Carnegie’s Zankel Hall hosts a four and a half hour celebration of the work of Meredith Monk.

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San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks at Carnegie Hall

Amanda Keil, 27th March

Bravo to Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony for blowing the dust off of some of the boldest innovators America has produced. As part of a mini-festival at Carnegie Hall of 20th- and 21st-century composers who stretched musical and formal boundaries (to put it mildly), the program on Tuesday night was packed with rarely-played wonders.

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Vox Luminis und B’Rock mit Vater und Sohn Bach

Jens Klier, 26th April

Typische Feierlichkeit und Demut im Paradox-Amalgam lichter Dichte bestimmen diese erneute belgische Ensemblekooperation.

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Herbert Blomstedt und die Berliner Philharmoniker auf Augenhöhe

Sebastian Urmoneit, 23rd April

Der 98-jährige Dirigent und die Berliner Philharmoniker musizieren bei Bruckners Siebenter Symphonie im Einklang und werden zu einer Sternstunde der Saison.

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Atmosphärischer Liederabend mit Andrè Schuen in Graz

Isabella Steppan, 22nd April

Gemeinsam mit Daniel Heide am Klavier bot Andrè Schuen im Stefaniensaal eine packende Reise durch nächtliche Seelenwelten.

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.