Alexandra Coghlan
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LPO/Edward Gardner review – Britten’s pacifist War Requiem lands with a bitterness and snarling irony - AOL (opens the original)
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‘All a poet can do today is warn,” Wilfred Owen wrote in 1918. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, launching their new season In Search of Purpose, find it in Owen’s words, just as Benjamin Britten did in 1962 with the premiere of his War Requiem – a pacifist manifesto that doesn’t just mourn the dead, but rages at the senseless conflict that killed them, and cautions of “greater wars” yet to come. It’s a curious starting point, a piece that stresses the limits of art as well as its capacity, but
LPO/Edward Gardner review â Brittenâs pacifist War Requiem lands with a bitterness and snarling irony (opens the original)
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Royal Festival Hall, LondonThree fine soloists were joined by the excellent Tiffin Boysâ and Girlsâ Choirs alongside the London Philharmonic Choir and the London Symphony Chorus whose pianissimo singing left us with a much-needed glimpse of hope âAll a poet can do today is warn,â Wilfred Owen wrote in 1918. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, launching their new season In Search of Purpose, find it in Owenâs words, just as Benjamin Britten did in 1962 with the premiere of his War Requie
Hallé/Wong review – MacMillan’s new symphony centres a great concert hall’s birthday celebrations - AOL (opens the original)
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We complain a lot about concert halls in the UK. The acoustics of the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall; the practicality of Usher Hall and St George’s Bristol; those seats at Snape Maltings, and that foyer at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. But do we really have it so bad? As Manchester’s Hallé opens its season with a celebration of 30 years of the Bridgewater Hall, it’s a good moment to remember what we’ve gained in the three decades since a car park became Britain’s best acousti
Hallé/Wong review â MacMillanâs new symphony centres a great concert hallâs birthday celebrations (opens the original)
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Bridgewater Hall, ManchesterJames MacMillanâs sixth symphony proved an intricate, intriguing and forward-looking work. It was well paired with Stephen Houghâs exuberant âEmperorâ piano concerto and a Liszt rarity We complain a lot about concert halls in the UK. The acoustics of the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall and Royal Albert Hall; the practicality of Usher Hall and St Georgeâs Bristol; those seats at Snape Maltings, and that foyer at Birminghamâs Symphony Hall. But do we really ha
Fire in My Mouth review – Wolfe’s multimedia oratorio tells its tragic story with focus and power - AOL (opens the original)
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On Saturday 25 March, 1911, Greenwich Village’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire. One hundred and forty-six garment workers – mostly recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women – died, many prevented from escaping the flames by stairwells and exits locked by the management. The disaster is the catalyst for Pulitzer-winning composer Julia Wolfe’s 2019 multimedia oratorio Fire in My Mouth: the third in her series of large-scale works drawing on the history of the American worker, and a punchy
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