Just heading to the launch party for the newest CD of the ever-wonderful @EnglishSymphony, celebrating 10 years under the baton of the equally fabulous @kennethwoods. Join us at Cecil Sharp House, NW1 7AY, 6-8:30.
URGENT!
#MohammadGhobadlou & #MohammadBoroughani have been transferred to solitary confinement. Last time such warnings were given, the prisoners of conscience were murdered by sunrise.We must do everything in our power to prevent these executions!
#IranRevoIution#mahsaami̇ni̇
My friend Suzy is encouraging UK citizens to take action against the oppression and executions in Iran. I’ve done it, solitary drop though it feels—but drops + drops = ocean.
Watch,share & take 30 seconds & email MPs to Proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organization & to Freeze assets held by IR senior officials #WomanLifeFreedom#Iran Click link,copy & paste. ONLY takes 30 seconds! https://t.co/RuBrqVSSvV @ShappiKhorsandi@NazaninBoniadi
The wonderful ESO, has compiled a playlists of recordings featuring the artists and composers and pieces featured in last weeks’ concerts in Malvern and Hereford. Listen, and post your favourite, old or new! https://t.co/78A4iyyThm
We ask MPs to sign the motion EDM 581 it calls for a) an investigative mechanism to be launched TODAY at the UNHRC special session on Iran (but the UK need to vote b) sanctions/travel ban against diplomats/lawmakers in Iran. #iran#IranRevolution#MahsaaAmini
@rushanaraali The Nationality and Borders bill will put people at risk of being sent back to torture and persecution, make it more difficult for torture survivors to build a new life in the UK and prevent families from being reunited #FreePaddington https://t.co/KlDkGdoUom
Absolutely delighted that my friend & colleague Shohreh Shakoory has been awarded a Women Make Music grant from @PRSFoundation for Zal & the Phoenix. She is tireless, and I'm thrilled to see her work & vision recognised. #womenmakemusic#PRS#persianmusic#zalandthephoenix
Very enjoyable concert last night at Sandringham by @EnglishSymphony with @NickCleobury and excellent soloists @SingforJoy3 and @MarkMilhofer, hosted by the one and only Brian Blessed. Terrific Spitfire flypast and fireworks too!
This week’s lines:
HÖLDERLINFENSTER (2017)
by Geoffrey Alvarez
Text: Friedrich Hölderlin
for soprano & piano
120 mins
https://t.co/OzHKByTpLB
@SingforJoy3
https://t.co/s3yMumY1GA…
Just under 1 hour to go until our Proms concert with @livepromsmusic at @sandringham1870 begins, with performances by @SingforJoy3 & Mark Milhofer, Guest Conductor Nicholas Cleobury and the incomparable Brian. Blessed as compère.
We’re all in for a memorable and exciting night!
Bluebeard's Castle's "climactic moments only rarely dominate music that is (surprisingly?) well suited to reduction...an excellent conclusion to a worthwhile season of @EnglishSymphony online concerts" according to Richard Whitehouse @arcanafm@kennethwoods@youthESO@SingforJoy3
@kennethwoods@SingforJoy3@stoutbaritone@EnglishSymphony@WyastoneStudio I love Bartok, and this opera. Absolutely gorgeous performance - singers and orchestra. Doors 4-5 are my 'tingle factor' test cases for any performances. I tingled. And the big burst of C major at the opening of Door 5 really hit the spot.
Does it make me happy to see our Bluebeard sandwiched between @SbgFestival & @BayreuthFest in todays @bachtrack newsletter?
Yes, it does.
Do I think @SingforJoy3 & @stoutbaritone & the ESO deserve to be there?
Yes, I do!
Tune in
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"of the part she must play in the completion of a journey ... Rendered with vibrancy but no lack of finesse, this is a perceptive assumption, and one which Fredrick will hopefully be able to repeat on stage before too long.
https://t.co/B1OCfDY93i
Great to see this lovely first review from @arcanafm for Bluebeard with @SingforJoy3@stoutbaritone & @EnglishSymphony
"April Fredrick has its full measure as she moves from confidence, via wariness and imploration, to reluctant acceptance....
https://t.co/B1OCfDY93i
"Why are you doing this?" "Because I love you." Bartók's dark, disturbingly erotic enigma, Bluebeard's Castle, intense and atmospheric from @EnglishSymphony and @kennethwoods on top form, superbly sung by @stoutbaritone and @SingforJoy3 in @WyastoneStudio. https://t.co/eOz4EIte6y
Fab review fr @cfmorley47
"@SingforJoy3 sings w/ intense involvement, nuancing her delivery to match every shift in Judith’s psyche.. @stoutbaritone is simply compelling & engrossing... attractive & tormented. At just over an hour this is an emotionally draining experience.