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Armonico Consort and Baroque Players The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Directed by Christopher Monks Few countries celebrate Christmas like the Germans do, although the city of Venice comes pretty close! From the magisterial splendour of the Venetian baroque to the grand and huge scale works of the Michael Praetorius, one thing is certain – Christmas inspired composers to create the greatest tunes even back in the 16th & 17th Centuries! If you have never heard In Dulci Jubilo…
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Vienna, city of dreams… As sweet as apple strudel and as fizzy as champagne, it simply wouldn’t be New Year without the music of Johann Strauss and friends! There’ll be elegant waltzes, playful polkas, and good old-fashioned operetta romance. So let the CBSO and Austrian maestro Christoph Koncz and soprano Francesca Chiejina whirl you back to a more glamorous age, as we raise a glass to the start of another great year of music. Prosit! PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE...…
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MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Giuseppe Verdi MET Premiere - Recorded Broadcast Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions. Baritone George Gagnidze makes his Met role debut as the imperious king Nabucco, alongside Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska reprising her thrilling turn as his vengeful daughter Abigaille. Mezzo- soprano Maria Barakova and tenor SeokJong Baek, in his company debut, are Fenena and Ismaele, and bass Dmitry Belosselskiy repeats his celebrated portrayal of the high…
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ENGLISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Kenneth Woods with April Fredrick (soprano) Eleanor Alberga - Jupiter’s Fairground Antonín Dvořák - Song to the Moon from Rusalka Samuel Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915 W. A. Mozart Symphony 41 ‘Jupiter’ The ESO's 'Music for Humans' Season continues with a programme that explores music’s power to capture and share moments of happiness, acts of love and kindness and feelings of common purpose and security. At the heart of this programme is Samuel Barber’s…
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The Royal Opera RUSALKA Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back. Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural…
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MET Opera Live in HD 23-24 Georges Bizet New Production - Live Broadcast Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the devoted…
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Katherine Hunka violin Dermot Dunne accordion Malachy Robinson double bass PROGRAMME: Offenbach Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld Biber Sonata Representativa in A Gershwin A selection of popular tunes Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Op.25 Verdi The Force of Destiny Overture Paganini 24th Caprice (arr. Auer) Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 (arr. Yashkevitch) Trad. Irish The Coolin (arr. Trimble) Trad. Klezmer Hava Naguila A great spirit-lifter for a January afternoon! Far Flung delight audiences with a mix of virtuosity and playfulness, tradition and innovation. In January 2020 they released an album Live at the Large…
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HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS – F SCARLATTI DANIELE HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS - F SCARLATTI DANIELE In one of the bible's most epic and incredible stories, Scarlatti brings to life a tale of betrayal, courage, faith, and love. The story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den lay hidden in a library for centuries. Unearthed by Armonico Consort, this treasure is one of the most dramatic oratorios ever set to music. Le Figaro (Paris) claimed that our last Scarlatti discovery was 'the…
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Senbla presents Opera International's award-winning Ellen Kent production featuring the Ukrainian Opera & Ballet Theatre Kyiv with international soloists, highly-praised chorus and full orchestra. WINNER 'BEST OPERA AWARD' Liverpool Daily Post Theatre Awards “Above all it was a production which captured the raw emotion at the centre of the opera. Don’t take a handkerchief with you, take a box of them.” The Independent Welcoming back the fabulous Korean soprano Elena Dee, Ukrainian soprano Alyona Kistenyova and Ukrainian mezzo-soprano’s Natalia Matveeva and Irina Sproglis.*…
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Lea Hausmann violin Sam Shepherd cello Mengjie Han piano PROGRAMME: Schubert Piano Trio No.1 in B flat, D.898 Tarrodi Moorlands (2018) Mendelssohn Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66 The Amatis Trio was founded in Amsterdam in 2014 and is now based in Salzburg, Austria. German violinist Lea Hausmann, British cellist Samuel Shepherd and Dutch pianist Mengjie Han are celebrated for their energy, insight, creativity, communication and passion. The trio is regarded as one of the leading ensembles of its generation. The…
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