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European Youth Orchestra at the Philharmonic
Posted by Stephen
The European Youth Orchestra performed at the Philharmonic recently, it was the final date of its spring 2008 tour.
The packaging of the European Union Youth Orchestra’s concerts can be a little off-putting. There’s the phalanx of flags; the ladies’ logo- twinkling blue stoles; the programme’s printed messages from at least five EU bureaucrats. Are these young people musicians or political puppets?
Then the orchestra starts to play, and grouses disappear. This Liverpool concert was the last in the current players’ spring tour with their music director Vladmir Ashkenazy, a septuagenarian so spry that he can jump off the podium with both feet even after conducting 40 minutes of heavyweight Strauss.
Source : TimesOnline
Author : Geoff Brown
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Star Part for Cardiff Graduate
Posted by Stephen
Cardiff International Academy of Voice graduate Jurgita Adamonyte has taken to the stage for the world premiere of a new work by best-selling composer Karl Jenkins.Performing alongside the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Jurgita was one of two female soloists singing in Stabat Mater, the latest classical work by Welsh musician and Cardiff University music graduate Karl Jenkins.
Source : News Wales
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Author : Unknown
Great Music in Times of Celebration
Posted by Stephen
TWO gaps were bridged with the inaugural Manx performance of a musical piece commissioned by the Isle of Man Arts Council – that between Liverpool and the Island and the generation gap.Dance in Time of Celebration was composed by Barry Russell as a gift from the Isle of Man to Liverpool during its year as the European capital of culture.
It was performed at the Villa Marina, Douglas, on Sunday by the Manx Youth Orchestra, the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and … members of the Women’s Institute from the Island.
Source : IOM Today
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Author : JulieTaylor
Review - RLPO/Jenkins at Liverpool Cathedral
Posted by Stephen
One of the more unlikely Mersey sounds to emerge from Liverpool in its year as European Capital of Culture is a stream of very earnest, very mystical new choral pieces. John Tavener’s Requiem has already come and gone in a whirl of multi-faith chanting. Paul McCartney’s Ecce Cor Meum, a lament for Linda, arrives in his home city in May. And on Saturday Liverpool’s vast Anglican cathedral was packed - some achievement - for the premiere of Karl Jenkins’s Stabat Mater.
Source : TimesOnline
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Author : Richard Morrison