Il Racconto di Mezzanotte: a bewitching evening with Marco Beasley

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 28 October 2013

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Reviewed at Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 23 October 2013

Dufay, Vergene bella

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Marco Beasley, Tenor

Marianne Crebassa: potent and versatile at Leeds Song

Richard Wilcocks, 12th April

Accompanied by Joseph Middleton, Marianne Crebassa performs an exquisite recital of Debussy, Mahler, Mompou and Ravel.

*****

Poetry and Precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 12th April

A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann, and Chopin.

*****

A superb Salzburg sojourn: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mozart

Cameron Kelsall, 11th April

Guest conductor Harry Bicket brings a sense of urgency to Mozart's Requiem and pulse-quickening energy to Symphony no. 40.

****1

Eroica: Riccardo Minasi and the WASO

Sandra Bowdler, 11th April

Guest conductor Riccardo Minasi leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra with a program of old favourites, with outstanding contribution from trumpeter Jenna Smith

***11

Artistry at full throttle: Rafael Payare and the Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 10th April

Can one be artful and musical while playing at maximum volume? In a program of López, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, Rafael Payare and the Pittsburgh Symphony answer a resounding yes.

*****

A cerebral bacchanalia: Young's bold, brainy Messiaen at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 10th April

Simone Young's take on Messiaen's Turangalîla with the Los Angeles Philharmonic proves a night to remember.

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Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Rosemary Carlton-Willis is a soprano based in the Netherlands. She has one masters degree in Music (Historical Performance) from the University of York, and a second in Singing from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where she studied in both the Classical and Early Music departments. She has worked for the York Early Music Festival, the National Centre for Early Music and the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall.