Shakespeare explored by CLS

Par Jack Johnson, 10 octobre 2014

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Critique faite à Southwark Cathedral, Londres, le 8 octobre 2014

Purcell, The Fairy Queen, Z 629: suite

Vaughan Williams, 3 Shakespeare Songs

Finzi, Let us Garlands Bring

Park, Other

Mendelssohn, Le Songe d'une nuit d'été, Op.61

City of London Sinfonia

The Holst Singers

Neal Davies, Basse

Stephen Layton, Direction

Les Compositeurs émigrés au Spitalfields Music Summer Festival

Julie Jozwiak, 16th June

Pour la dernière soirée du Spitalfields Music Summer Festival, programme Haydn/J.C. Bach/Mozart/Haendel à Shoreditch Church, par le City of London Sinfonia et le chœur Polyphony dirigés par Stephen Layton : une clôture de festival réussie.

***11

Born to sing Lucia: Jennifer France shines at Opera Holland Park

Mark Valencia, 18th July

Cecilia Stinton’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor doesn't necessarily make best use of OHP’s performance space, but the singers excel.

***11

Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park

David Karlin, 3rd June

Simon Mayo’s Young Adult novels are turned into an operatic romp which explores the fascination of the elements with excellent music and setting, albeit riddled with plot lacunae.

****1

Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

Eleanor Knight, 27th May

Amid the rough winds of late May, Julia Burbach directs Opera Holland Park's first venture into Wagner – The Flying Dutchman.

***11

The darker side of G&S: Yeomen of the Guard at Holland Park

David Karlin, 7th August

Some good singing performances can't overcome a dated feeling of Gilbert's humour: the evening improves as the storm clouds gather.

**111

Trapped in a vice: Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci at OHP

Dominic Lowe, 17th July

Joining OHP's 2019 production of Wolf-Ferrari's charming domestic comedy, a blazing new production of Pagliacci delivers everything that one could want from Leoncavallo's infamous opera.

*****

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Jack Johnson

After completing a postgraduate degree in Music at King's College London in 2013, Jack now works in development for an arts charity based in London. Aside from regularly attending concerts, he plays piano and clarinet and enjoys singing with several choirs. Particularly passions include Bach, Prokofiev and the neglected choral works of Hummel

Shakespeare explored with the City of London Sinfonia at Southwark Cathedral