Blogs
Georges Bizet ‘Carmen Suite No. 2’: Spanish Flair 2.0!
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2 Context Premiered in Paris 1875, Georges Bizet’s now popular opera Carmen received quite a neutral response from French critics. Read more…
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Georges Bizet ‘Carmen Suite No. 1’: Spanish Flair!
Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 Context Premiered in Paris 1875, Georges Bizet’s now popular opera Carmen received quite a neutral response from French critics. Read more…
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ‘Russian Easter Festival Overture’: A Holiday Celebration
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture Context Completed in the summer of 1888, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov completed his ‘Bright Holiday’ work Russian Easter Festival Overture ready Read more…
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Franz Liszt ‘Réminiscenes de Norma’: A Tragic Story
Franz Liszt: Réminiscenes de Norma Context During the 1800s opera had a lot of appeal to audiences. From big dramatic storylines to emotional arias, opera Read more…
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Danny Elfman ‘Grand Finale’: The Climax of Love
Danny Elfman: Grand Finale (from Edward Scissorhands) Context Danny Elfman was born in LA in 1953, and has had an incredibly successful career in the music industry. Elfman Read more…
Blogs
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams ‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’: The Angelic Dream
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams: Nearer My God to Thee Context Sarah Fuller Flower Adams was born on February 22nd, 1805 in Sussex. She was the Read more…
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Ludovico Einaudi ‘I Giorni’: A Touching Lament
Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni Context Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi was born in Turin, Italy in 1955. Einaudi began to compose his own music when he Read more…
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Alexandra Pakhmutova ‘Trumpet Concerto’: A National Treasure
Alexandra Pakhmutova: Trumpet Concerto Context Alexandra Pakhmutova was born in 1929 in Russia. She began learning the piano at a very young age and she showed Read more…
Concert Reviews
Opera on Location ‘La Traviata’ Review August 2019
Opera on Location: La Traviata Waterstones, Orchard Square, Sheffield, August 23rd 2019 Another summer comes round and that means one thing for us opera lovers Read more…
Concert Reviews
Benjamin Grosvenor at Music in the Round Review October 2019
Benjamin Grosvenor at Music in the Round Friday 18th October, Upper Chapel Sheffield Programme SCHUMANN Blumenstück in D flat Op.19 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op.16 JANÁČEK 1.X.1905 Read more…