Hopkinson Smith: Italian and English Music for the Lute

By Stephen Raskauskas, 05 February 2012

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Reviewed at Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia on 2 February 2012

Milano, Sola la dolce sirena (reconstruction)

Milano, Recercar (2) dal ottavo tono

Milano, Pescatore che va cantando

Kapsberger, Il Primo Libro de Lauto (Works from)

Milano, Saltarello la Mantuanella

Milano, Fantasia (33) sopra mi-fa-mi

Holborne, Last Will and Testament

Holborne, The Fairie-round

Holborne, My Selfe

Holborne, Heigh Ho Holiday

Holborne, Passion

Holborne, Mad Dog

Dowland, Flow, my tears (Lacrimae Pavane)

Dowland, Fantasia

Hopkinson Smith, Lute

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

Wrangling the octopus: Mahler’s Ninth with Sir Simon Rattle

Chanda VanderHart, 17th April

Less a symphony, more a force of nature, Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a turbulent, yet spacious reading of Mahler's Ninth Symphony in the Musikverein.

****1

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Stephen Raskauskas

Stephen Raskauskas is passionate about the performing arts. As a performer, he has collaborated on productions acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Huffington Post. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, and holds degrees in music from the University of Chicago and Princeton University.