Hi,
I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.
Welcome to my Column, a bit of a blog: news, reviews, things to watch, and other posts to read; a mix of things. I hope you like the contents.
Cheers, Col
Signum Classics releases “A Most Marvellous Party with Noël Coward and Friends” – Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence & Joseph Middleton.
In a word, Spiffing. Two more words, Enjoyable and Enlightening. Stylish on Signum Classics SIGCD737. https://signumrecords.com/product/a-most-marvellous-party/SIGCD737/
Sad news – David Del Tredici has died aged 86. Leonard Bernstein conducts Tattoo with the New York Philharmonic/DG recording made 11/1988.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PerhPGn_w2Q https://www.discogs.com/release/8735829-Leonard-Bernstein-Ned-Rorem-David-Del-Tredici-The-New-York-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Israel-Philharmoni
Hallelujah! Handel’s chorus from Messiah.
Having been incapacitated for a few weeks, unable to get to my computer, it has been returned to me by a kind techie friend who moved the whole thing (plus CD player) from the room it was in to the one I am occupying, restricted. I remain limited in what I can do but...
Not in hospital, but can’t get to the PC
Colin is currently unable to get to his Computer and so won't be answering emails or posting things up as regularly as he usually does. We all wish him well for a speedy recovery and no doubt he will be back posting and conversing soon. Chris Caspell
Detroit Symphony Orchestra – Joana Carneiro conducts Falla’s Hat & Stravinsky’s Petrushka, with Joshua Roman playing Mason Bates’s Cello Concerto. Live DSO webcast.
Saturday, November 4, 2023 Orchestra Hall, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan Music from Falla's score for The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No.2, to begin, lilting rhythms and airy textures at first, then incisive...
November the Fifth: Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Hamilton Harty). George Szell’s 1961 Decca recording with the London Symphony Orchestra. Plus ‘Largo’ from Xerxes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0tat24a9kU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUwyk5Uvh0
Yuri Temirkanov conducts Verdi’s Force of Destiny Overture (2013) and Elgar’s Enigma Variations (undated); St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XllfkTW6aY&list=PLn3QhzjcUp3dKHNr4PjLN_jlFF5Hk74RJ&index=10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvA6FtN8-n0&list=PLn3QhzjcUp3dKHNr4PjLN_jlFF5Hk74RJ&index=12...
![Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Mozart K201, Berg’s Opus 6, and Brahms Four. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast [repeat option].](https://www.colinscolumn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/berberg-400x230.jpg)
Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Mozart K201, Berg’s Opus 6, and Brahms Four. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast [repeat option].
Alban Berg (1885-1935) Friday, November 3, 2023 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Following a few weeks of guest conductors, the Berliner Philharmoniker welcomed back Kirill Petrenko for this Austro-German programme, opening with Mozart's...
Orquesta Sinfónica Radio Televisión Española. Leonard Slatkin conducts Cindy McTee’s Circuits & Sibelius’s First Symphony, with Joaquín Achúcarro playing Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. Live on RTVE.es Radio Clásica.
Friday, November 3, 2023 Teatro Monumental, Calle de Atocha, 65 Madrid, 28012 Spain Hunt for the broadcast! I did eventually find it, but in the process missed Cindy McTee's Circuits, although it's now quite a familiar - and welcome - piece (recorded on...