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...In the recent rediscovery of African-American composers, William Grant Still (1895-1978) has not featured as prominently as he might, at least in the UK....
...Guests included Naomi Campbell, Dame Joan Collins, Hugh Grant and John Travolta, with entertainment by Robbie Williams....
...Jessica Cale is the glamorous-voiced Poppea and Martha Jones a firmly sung Nero, but the countertenor Ottone, Feargal Mostyn-Williams, is disappointing....
...Conductor and founder William Christie is generous to his instrumentalists, so organ, flute, horn and cello all get their moment in the spotlight....
...February 17 to March 7; further information and tickets here ‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’, Playhouse (Arts Centre Melbourne) An adaptation of Pip Williams’ acclaimed bestselling novel set around the...
...This single disc offers an hour of the music in a suite made by Hans Sørensen, focusing exclusively on Cathy and Heathcliff, well sung by Keri Fuge and Roderick Williams....
...“Who Made Thee Hob” is a rustic dialogue, sung with Cornish accents. “If Women Could Be Fair” warns of colluding with ladies of the night....
...South African composers Thuthuka Sibisi and Philip Miller, both of whom have worked extensively with South African artist William Kentridge, researched the troupe’s repertoire and composed a soundscape to...
...Prince William, next in line to the throne, swore allegiance to his father, sealed by a kiss on his cheek....
...But Andrew Mitchell, the UK’s minister for Africa and development, sung from a very different hymn book when I caught him on the sidelines of the gathering on Friday....
...Williams and Jeremiah have especially charismatic vocal character. Coleman has sung this role before and, though he is growing up, still has a gentle and clear soprano sound....
...Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 7 and 9 Hallé Orchestra (Hallé) Marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mark Elder and the Hallé reach the conclusion of their highly praised...
...Although her voice is not quite of mighty Royal Albert Hall dimensions, much was radiantly sung, including the final “Libera me”. She also blended well with Jennifer Johnston, the firm mezzo....
...Harris also wrote the motet “Bring Us, O Lord God” that will be sung as part of the service....
...The Britten Sinfonia and conductor William Cole made a strong case for each. ★★★★☆ brittensinfonia.com...
...Until then, here she is presiding over a down-at-heel convent in 1970s Philadelphia, where every nickel is necessary and, with a sinfully tone-deaf sisterhood, every sung mass an act of penance....
...Set to music by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, the poem is sung first in a dreamy paean to hope by the residents of the 1930s Harlem brownstone that towers up into the heights of the Lyttelton Theatre in Frankie...
...Young choristers have sung at St George’s for seven centuries....
...Carrie-Ann Williams and Gavan Ring trade light opera banter nicely as Marzelline and Jaquino....
...The performance is adequately sung by the rest of the small cast, William Towers (Amadigi), Rebecca Afonwy-Jones (Dardano) and Harriet Eyley (Oriana), and given period spirit by conductor Jonathan Peter-Kenny...
...In the liner notes to The First National Band’s debut album, he cited Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmie Rodgers as influences for their “pure approach to what they have sung and written — free from...
...This year, a special spotlight falls on the work of the great South African William Kentridge, with art from the Apartheid era....
...Julie Boulianne’s well-sung Dorabella and Huw Montague Rendall’s pleasing Guglielmo make a more conventional couple....
...And running through the whole thing is the film’s swelling signature tune, “Calling You”, which becomes the focus for all the longing and loneliness at the root of the story and is sung most hauntingly by...
...Derrick Ballard’s strongly sung Ochs was never going to have an easy ride with the feisty, modern-girl Sophie of Madison Leonard....
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