Sir Roger, over and out: Norrington bids a fond farewell with Haydn

Sir Roger Norrington conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia

Sir Roger Norrington bows out

Susan Gritton and Steven Devine

Par Mark Pullinger, 19 novembre 2021

Chargement en cours, veuillez patienter...

“the period instrument revolutionary... departed with a twinkle – and perhaps a tear – in his eye”

Critique faite à The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage One, Gateshead, le 18 novembre 2021

Haydn, Symphonie no. 103 en mi bémol majeur « Roulement de timbales » (Paukenwirbel) (movements 1 & 2)

Haydn, Canzonettas, Hob XXVIa

Haydn, Quatuor à cordes no. 64 en ré majeur, Op.76 no.5, Hob III: 79

Haydn, Symphonie no. 103 en mi bémol majeur « Roulement de timbales » (Paukenwirbel) (movements 3 & 4)

Haydn, March for the Prince of Wales (Marsch für den Prinzen von Wales) Hob VIII:3

Haydn, Set of English Canzonettas

Haydn, Symphonie no. 101 en ré majeur « L'Horloge »

Sir Roger Norrington, Direction

Susan Gritton, Soprano

Steven Devine, Fortepiano

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*****

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****1

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****1

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****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.