: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Monday , December 28, 2009 And another review This time on the Seen and Heard web site by Carla . Rees Videte Miraculum was heard in versions by Tallis , using a spacious six part texture and in a world premiere version by Robert Hugill . This had a lovely opening and a simple , well considered structure , with the harmonies based in tonality but moving gradually to build up tension through dissonance . Hugill made use of parallel and contrary motion to excellent effect , and motivic sections returned to give a sense of overall coherence . He also used a wide range of textures , including unisons , octaves and polyphony in different numbers of parts . This was another well written work which deserves further . performances Posted by Robert H at 4:22 PM Labels : diary 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Latest CD TheMy review of Salvatore Sciarrino's Madrigali is here, on MusicWeb International.Not for the faint-hearted … uncompromising but rewarding ...
My review of Robin de Raaff's opera Raaff is here, on MusicWeb International.Should be of interest to anyone who loves opera and wants to know where it might be going in the 21st century ...
A nice review of Saturday's St. John's Smith Square concert from Ivan Hewett in the Telegraph - 'Robert Hugill's Videte Miraculum soared too, especially at its ending, with the three sopranos perched at a perilous altitude (to their credit, they never wavered).'
: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Monday , December 21, 2009 Premiere Well Saturday's concert went off well . Alistair Dixon and La Chapelle du Roi gave a fascinating concert mixing old and new with premieres by Paul Ayres and Gabriel Jackson along with my own piece . It was fascinating to hear Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium performed by just 9 singers rather than by the plushly upholstered tones of a large group of singers . I was extremely pleased with Videte Miraculum and it was fascinating to re-acquaint myself with a work written some months ago . Posted by Robert H at 3:12 PM Labels : diary 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Latest CD The Testament of Dr . Cranmer CD out now at Divine Art Labels ballet review 7 book review 14 cd news 13 cd review 220 Competition 1 concert review 76 diary 163 feature article 33 music news 16My motet Videte Miraculum gets its premiere tomorrow in the Chapelle du Roi's New Lamps for Old concert. My motet sets the same text as Thomas Tallis's respond Videte Miraculum and there will be similar new/old pairings from Francis Pott, Kenneth Leighton, Morton Lauridsen, Paul Ayres and Gabriel Jackson.
It’s Christmas time. There’s a currently a lack of mistletoe and/or wine.For the last six year –, basically since I stopped spending the immediate fortnight before Christmas at my parents house — the 25th has pounced out of the end of December like a mugger. There isn’t any build-up. It’s work, work, work, BANG xmas, [...]My review of Handel's cantata Apollo and Dafne is here.Showing its age but certainly in the realms of the interesting and, perhaps, desirable. ...
My review of the concert of music by Wagner given by Christine Brewer and Charles Mackerras with the Philharmonia Orchestra on 10th December at the South Bank is here.
The play for which I wrote incidental music, Candle Dancing by Coni Koepfinger, has been released as an audio-book. The audio book includes a little of my original incidental music as background to the readings, enough to give you a flavour of the original 1998 production. The audio-book is available from Tate Publishing here.
: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , December 04, 2009 Recent CD Reviews My review of a disc of Bach Missae Breves is here Now showing its age And my review of Emmanuelle Haim's new recording of Handel's oratorio La Resurrezione is here Both reviews on MusicWeb . International Time and again my ear was drawn to the lovely instrumental contributions Posted by Robert H at 7:14 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Latest CD The Testament of Dr . Cranmer CD out now at Divine Art Labels ballet review 7 book review 14 cd news 13 cd review 220 Competition 1 concert review 76 diary 163 feature article 33 music news 16 opera 52 opera magazine 34 opera review 140 performance 30 preview 98 recording 5 tv programme review 2 writing music 23 Search This Blog Loading . Blog Archive 2009 241 December 17 And another review Recent: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Thursday , December 03, 2009 Conch shells and horns On of the most striking moments in the recent performance of Gluck's Alceste by Chelsea Opera Group was during Act 3 the Infernal God summons Alceste and is meant to be blowing into a conch shell . The composer writes for two horns , playing in unison , but the horn players hold the bells of their horns nearly together and the horns act as sort of mutes for each other . The effect is described by Berlioz in his Treatise on Orchestration . It both looks and sounds fascinating looks , because of course , it is rather a contortion for two horn players standing side by side to place their bells together as the instruments are played laterally . And it sounds hauntingly fascinating . Though it doesn't seem to be a commonly used effect . Posted by Robert H at 8:05 AM Labels : diary 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post CommentsMy review of Christmas a cappella from Chicago a Cappella is here, on Music and Vision.... I would have liked a little more grit ..</span
: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Wednesday , December 02, 2009 Les Arts Florissants Grands Motets Last Thursday sorry for the late posting we went to the Barbican to see the final concert in Les Art Florissants 30th Birthday jamboree . The audience seemed to include rather more of the great and good than usual , reflection of the high status that this celebration has been . achieving Whereas the earlier events had covered much of their more recent musical explorations , this concert went back to their roots presenting music by Rameau , Lully , Campra and Desmarest . What we got was 4 works , a Grand Motet by each composer . All were written for the same sort of ensemble , choir , group of soloists and orchestra with trumpets added for some . movements All 4 composers used large groups of soloists with all 6 Amel Brahim-Djelloul soprano , Emmanuelle de Negri soprano , Toby Spence tenor , Cyril Auvity tenor , Marc Mauillon baritone , Alain BuetMy review of Gluck's Alceste from the Chelsea Opera Group is here, on Music and Vision.
: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Sunday , November 22, 2009 Towards a new Opera 4 Having worked through the score of the new opera two or three times , I am currently in the process of creating the piano reduction which is always a good discipline . Even though the work is currently written for only 5 accompanying instruments piano , violin , clarinet and cello creating a single piano part out of them is sometimes a bit challenging , requiring some deft jigsaw work . It also provides me with a different view of the accompaniment and helps to shape . it Once I have something approaching the vocal score I will then play it through a few times . Given that my piano playing is rather limited , this means that the neighbours have to put up with me bashing away rather slowly . It might sound primitive and limiting , but I find it enormously helpful to see how the work feels under my . fingers I am thinking of expanding the orchestration , but willMy review of the new production of Tchaikovsky's The Tsarina's Slippers at Covent Garden is here, on Music and Vision.
My review of Bach's St. John Passion from Il Fondamento and Paul Dombrecht is here, on MusicWeb International.Little to set it apart from its rivals ...
skip to main skip to sidebar home resources subscribe contact studio site Friday , November 20, 2009 The 2010 Tanglewood Season Listings For the second year in a row , here is the complete schedule for the Tanglewood Festival released one minute after the end of the press embargo . These listings are taken directly from the press release , with only some minor formatting changes made to the original text . The Mahler Symphonyies 2 and 3 look to be season highlights , but I always have a soft spot for programs like Audra MacDonald's New American Songbook on July 18th , the Brahms Schumann recital by Matthis Goerne and Andreas Haflinger on July 29th , and Bernarda Fink's August 5 song recital with Anthony Spiri . Be sure to check out the full calendar of events for more detailed info on concerts and ticket . availability The 2010 Tanglewood Season All programs and artists are subject to . change Saturday , June 26, 5:45 p.m . Shed A Prairie Home Companion at Tanglewood with Garrison Keillor Live broadcast Sunday June 27, times to be announced , Theatre Monday June 28 times to be announced , Theatre Tanglewood Music Center Instrumental Fellows String Quartet Marathon Three 2-hour: skip to main skip to sidebar Planet Hugill Classical Music blog from Robert Hugill Classical Music Blog from London based singer and classical music composer , Robert Hugill News , Views and opera reviews , CD reviews musings on contemporary music and writing new . music Friday , November 13, 2009 Recent CD Reviews My review of Guerrero's Battle Mass from Westminster Cathedral is here Performances which are of a very high calibre and extremely seductive And my review of Thomas Hampson's 2nd American song recital Wondrous Free is here both reviews are on MusicWeb . International All lovers of good singing will want to hear this Posted by Robert H at 7:26 AM Labels : cd review 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Subscribe To Posts Atom Posts Comments Atom Comments Latest CD The Testament of Dr . Cranmer CD out now at Divine Art Labels ballet review 7 book review 14 cd news 13 cd review 220 Competition 1 concert review 76 diary 163 feature article 33 music news 16 opera 52 opera magazine 34 opera review 140 performance 30 preview 98 recording 5 tv programme review 2 writing music 23 Search This Blog Loading . Blog Archive 2009 241My review of the Opera Rara/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment concert performance of Donizetti's Maria di Rohan in the Vienna version is here on Music and Vision