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PCM6: A voyage of discovery in Christiane Karg's Prom debut

By John Johnston, 21 August 2017
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“evoked an intoxicating atmosphere of myrrh and ambergris”
Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 21 August 2017
Programme
Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage
Guridi, Seis canciones castellanas
Ravel, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Hahn, Études Latines: Lydia
Hahn, Etudes latines. Vile potabis
Hahn, Études Latines: Tyndaris
Koechlin, Shéhérazade: La chanson d'Ishak de Mossoul, Op.84 no.8
Koechlin, Shéhérazade: Le voyage, Op.84 no.2
Koechlin, Shéhérazade: Chanson d'Engaddi, Op.56 no.1
Poulenc, Banalités, FP 107: Voyage à Paris
Poulenc, Montparnasse, FP 127
Poulenc, Hyde Park, FP 127
Poulenc, Banalités, FP 107: Hôtel
Ravel, Deux mélodies hébraïques: Kaddish
Performers
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Malcolm Martineau, Piano
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.