Even Powell, setting out what he calls the “assumptions” on which he bases his book, begins: “The first is that Benjamin Britten was the greatest of English composers — rivaled only by Henry Purcell ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Combined ensembles present Celebratory odes by Henry Purcell including ...
If you're a composer, there are a couple of good ways to ensure that your work will continue to be played, discussed and thought about after you're gone. One, of course, is to write music of ...
Henry Purcell's music has its whimsical moments, but none occur in the two blockbuster pieces, the "Funeral Music for Queen Mary" and "My Heart Is Inditing," that the Cantate Chamber Singers paired ...
While clicking through Britten 100, the website dedicated to the centenary of British composer Benjamin Britten, you might begin to suspect that the composer is not exactly in danger of being ...
"It's kind of a perfect double-bill tragedy." That's how choreographer and director Mark Morris describes his program next week at Tanglewood. In the first half, Morris will direct fellows of the ...
Simon Rattle's farewell concert with the London Symphony Orchestra was, of course, Mahler's Ninth Symphony, the farewell of all farewells. But on a happier note, Rattle led a performance of Benjamin ...
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