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Ahead of his appearance at the Last Night of the Proms, the cellist talks about growing up in a house full of musicians, and his love of Rachmaninov, Tupac and ArsenalThe cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 23, is the third of seven siblings – Isata, Braimah, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata, Mariatu, aged 26 to 13 … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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Royal Albert Hall, LondonOramo’s Prom of English music included the UK premiere of Turnage’s Time Flies; with an encore of Paul McCartney’s Blackbird from tubist Constantin HartwigSakari Oramo’s Prom of English music with the BBC Symphony Orchestra opened with the overdue UK premiere of Mark-Anthony … Read entire story.
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Royal Albert Hall, London Marin Alsop led the orchestra through lively performances of Bartók, Prokofiev and Dvořák, full of rhythmic drive, as well as the UK premiere of Hannah Eisendle’s evocative Heliosis“I’ve missed you,” Marin Alsop exclaimed to the Proms audience – and for the last three summers the … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
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The Odesa-born violinist’s US Armed Forces recordings have aged well; the Met’s recent benefit concert is now an album; and the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall• The summer hiatus is the time to sample star players of the past and hear how performance styles have changed. … Read entire story.
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The Lark Ascending is a Classic FM perennial but there is so much more to the English composer – from elegies to the first world war and symphonies full of dissonant rage to folk songs and fantasias, writes conductor Andrew ManzeAsk people about Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose 150th anniversary we … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian