Since writing my last editorial, I’ve had the pleasure of hearing the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Bax’s Garden of Fand in the Barbican Centre conducted by Sakari Oramo. The program also included the Viola Concerto by Brett Dean and Elgar’s … Continue reading →
Friday November 4th, 2016. 8:00 p.m. Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society Ontario, Canada “Rare Piano Quintets” including Bax’s Piano Quintet Piano – Ms. Su Jeon First Violin – Arkady Yanivker ‘Toronto Serenade Ensemble’ http://www.k-wcms.com/KWCMS/Home.html A note from Jan Narveson – President … Continue reading →
Sunday 21st August, 2016, 20:00 Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland Stevenson: South Uist Folk Song Suite James Macmillan: Piano Sonata Maxwell Davies: Yesnaby Ground Judith where to buy cheap ambien Weir: The Art of Touching the Keyboard … Continue reading →
Friday 19th August, 2016, 19:30 Lyth Arts Center, Wick, Scotland Stevenson: A Scottish Triptych Maxwell Davies: Yesnaby Ground Judith Weir: The Art of Touching the Keyboard Ronald Center: Piano Sonata (interval) Bax: Piano Sonata No. 3 in G sharp Merrick/Stevenson: … Continue reading →
Bax: Variations for Orchestra and works by George Butterworth and Cyril Scott (all premieres) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Aleksei Kiseliov (cello) Martin Yates, conductor Dutton Epoch CDLX7326 [61:55] Review by Richard R. Adams Martin Yates continues his resurrection efforts on … Continue reading →
Wednesday 13 April 2016, 7.30 pm The Barbican Hall BBC Symphony Orchestra Bax: The Garden of Fand Brett Dean: Viola Concerto Elgar: Symphony No. 1 Sakari Oramo conductor – Brett Dean viola Review by Roger Ogle Live concert performances of … Continue reading →
In my last editorial, I wrote about my Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to commission a new set of parts for Bax’s Symphonic Variations for orchestra and piano – a score that exists only in Bax’s original handwritten manuscript. The … Continue reading →
Cello Concertos by Arnold Bax and Stanley Bate Lionel Handy, cello Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates, conductor Lyrita SRCD.351 Review by Richard R. Adams First a confession: I’ve always found Bax’s Cello Concerto to be a tough nut to … Continue reading →
Thursday 5 May, 7.30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Birmingham Bax The Garden of Fand Elgar Sea Pictures Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 John Wilson – Conductor Alice Coote – Mezzo soprano
Continue reading →13 April 2016 / 19:30 BBC Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall Bax The Garden of Fand Brett Dean Viola concerto Elgar Symphony No 1 Sakari Oramo conductor Brett Dean viola
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