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...Luciano Berio’s Sequenza 9c, brilliantly played by solo bass clarinet Thomas Lessels, and his Sinfonia, the most demonstrative orchestral score to come out of the Italian radicals, set themselves essentially...
...As the Angel, Anna Stéphany sings with perfectly judged eloquence and Andrew Foster-Williams brings unexaggerated authority to the double bass-baritone role....
...This is the group’s second album of Locke, pairing the remaining suites of his Flat Consort “for my cousin Kemble” with the second half of his Little Consort, composed for tenor, treble and bass viol....
...There were four good soloists — soprano Jessica Cale, countertenor Hugh Cutting, tenor Guy Cutting and bass-baritone Florian Störtz — and Suzuki’s Bach, clear-headed, always alive, not given to point-making...
...There are many figures from Marley’s life represented here — including long-standing bass player Aston Barrett, who died earlier this month, and who is played by his son Aston Barrett Jr....
...The smaller roles include an outstanding Sparafucile from the implacable bass voice of Gianluca Buratto, a lively Maddalena from Ramona Zaharia and a notably sturdy Count Monterone from Fabrizio Beggi....
...For LA mayor Karen Bass, that was the final straw. “I guarantee you tragedy will take place there if that place is not boarded up quickly,” Bass told a local television station this week....
...Bass Le Bu sang Biterolf’s short song with patience, and then everything was back to its previous heights. Act three was glorious, the final chorus heart-stirring, the crowd applauding with fervour....
...Over the centuries it has welcomed some illustrious guests including Richard Wagner and Swiss writer Gottfried Keller....
...Dingle Yandell’s bass voice as Theseus is imposing....
...Add a fine bass, Sreten Manojlović, to the vocal quartet and sparkling choral singing and playing from Les Arts Florissants and this L’Allegro casts its happy spell. ★★★★☆ ‘Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso...
...An unexpected blast of punk rock on “Bite My Head off” features a certain Paul McCartney on bass, playing a low-slung solo in full legs-akimbo mode....
...I am sensitive to their needs being a practising musician myself, still playing double bass and piano in my own ensemble.”...
...Being a bass player in a punk band is my one unfulfilled wish....
...In the smaller role of Fernando, another Italian, bass Roberto Tagliavini, made a strong impression. For a singer of her immense gifts, Jamie Barton has been seen very little at the Royal Opera House....
...Originally for double bass and string orchestra, it was rewritten with a violin as the soloist, and then again for violin and string quintet. The latter two versions bookend the programme here....
...For the time being, though, we can enjoy how well the social and political drama of The Rhinegold suits director Richard Jones’s style....
...He is at the core of the quartet’s existence; as violist John Pickford Richards explained, the group first came together to read Lachenmann’s scores and, once they were established, have collaborated with...
...But a revamp of the gallery has put Irish chef Richard Corrigan at the helm and, honestly, it might be the smartest thing they’ve ever done....
...Bass Günther Groissböck sang King Heinrich with power, fine articulation and a natural, near-chummy expression....
...Five vocal soloists — mezzo Huiling Zhu, tenor Kang Wang, bass Shenyang and the two indigenous singers, soprano Sen Guo and male vocalist Batubagen — were joined by the London Philharmonic Choir and London...
...British bass baritone Christopher Purves sings Saul, the Old Testament king driven mad by his envy of the young David (Danish countertenor Morten Grove Frandsen)....
...Dawn Richard’s discography has taken another unpredictable turn....
...Among the singers, Michael Mofidian’s resonant bass voice stood out as Herod....
...Slow classical music plays in the background as either champagne or sake are poured, and a few rice-free dishes are served including brill, sea bass and oysters, and monkfish liver with delicious pickled...
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