Coalescence — Dani Howard Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Vasily Petrenko) Aeriality — Anna Þorvaldsdóttir Nocturne — Lili Boulanger Performers: Ewan Millar (Oboe), Tomos Boyles (piano) Sonata for Viola and Piano — Rebecca Clarke Performers: Karin Wolf (Viola) Yuko Ellinger (Piano) Continue reading Dancing with Euterpe 24/03/2024 (part two)
Passacaglia on an Old English Tune — Rebecca Clarke Viola: Amber ArchibaldPiano: Jamie Namkung Voice With Gongs — Odeya Nini “L’amante consolato” (Cantate, ariette e duetti, Op. 2) — Barbara Strozzi Countertenor: Jakub Józef Orliński Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet 2 (Canzonetta) — Phyllis Tate Berceuse (from The Dolly Suite, op. 56) — Gabriel Fauré … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 29/02/2024
Cosmic Breath for Wind Quintet — Dai Fujikura Junge Deutsche Philharmonie performers:Yeohin Jang, flutePatrícia Pinheiro, oboeJoshua Dahlmanns, clarinetMarie-Luise Haas, bassoonJuhye Kim, horn Pinocchio: IX. Il Gatto e la Volpe — Alexander Litvinovsky This has been living rent-free in my head since I first heard it a couple of weeks or so ago. Love it! Performers: … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 05/08/2023
Since I’m no longer using this title for music-learning posts, I’ll use it to archive the classical/new music I share on Masto. “Voices Shouting Out” — Nkeiru Okoye Performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Thomas Wilkins) Symphony no. 3 in C. Minor — Florence Price Sentiments in Emptiness by Firas Zreik A Palestinian composer, … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 09/07/2023
Tousles — Seaming To Lumières — Alexandra Stréliski In Transit — Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet Song for Maria — Laura Snowden Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 04/03/2023
Something for the 13th Watermaidens Day, and in anticipation of my releasing my debut novel WATERMAIDENS in March 2023, set partially in an alternate-world Venice, and partially in on the island-nation of Yrejveree, surrounded by the Sea of Exiles. I went down a classical music history rabbithole finding out more about women composers from Venice. … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe 14/02/2023
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor — Florence Price (performed by Maria Ioudenitch, Grant Houston, Sarah Darling and Francesca McNeely of the New England Conservatory) One of the very late to the party listeners finally clued into what a great composer Florence Price was. Very inspirational. And this String Quartet is really beautiful, with … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 19/02/2022
Shiver — Danielle Eva Schwob (performed by Ashley Jackson on harp, Natalie Joachim on Flute, and Simon Boyar on Vibraphone) via I Care If You Listen. Triptych for Soprano and Orchestra, Part 1 — Wong Chee Yean (performed by Ang Mei Foong, soprano and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, words from a Wong Phui Nam poem) … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 22/01/2022
Sonata in D Minor K.141 — Domenico Scarlatti (performed by Martha Argerich) Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del Gracioso — Maurice Ravel (performed by Bertrand Chamayou) Barcarolle, Op, 28, No. 1 — Amy Beach (performed by Yifan Yin) Danse Rythmique — Ida Presti (Performed by Cinzia Milani) Valse no. 1 — Kiem Nguyen (performed by Thu … Continue reading Sunday Serenade 16/01/2022
A sad day for all classical guitarists who admire this maestro of our beloved instrument. Julian Bream playing the Lute for Stravinsky Serenata Española by Joaquin Malats Capricho Arabe — F. Tarrega Granada — Isaac Albeniz A Fancy — John Dowland Lute Concerto in D — Antonio Vivaldi The featured picture of Julian Bream is … Continue reading RIP Julian Bream
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Elegie by Sergei Rachmaninoff Giovanni Sollima & Solisti Aquilani, Concerto in Sol maggiore per violoncello e archi G.480 by Luigi Boccherini Alisa Weilerstein, Amorarmor by Osvaldo Golijov Eleanor Kelly, Dedicatoria by Carmen Guzman Did a quick play-through of Carmen Guzman‘s Dedicatoria from the Trinity Grade 5 2020-2023 exam book earlier. Found it lovely, … Continue reading Saturday Soiree 11/07/2020
