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Planet Hugill - Classical music blog from Robert Hugill
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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.
- Added on: Jan 18th, 2006
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Robert Hugill
- Listed in: Music Entertainment
- Tags: classical music opera contemporary music writing music
Recent Posts
As seen in the Telegraph
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 neve...
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 Magnu...
New Lamps for Old
My 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 Lei...
Recent CD Review
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. ... ...
Messiah at ENO
Last night we went to see ENO's staging of Messiah. Well we managed the first 2 parts and I'm afraid that we left at the second interval. The Part 1 was almost OK and had the odd magical moment. The designs were superb, complete with a reflective flo...
Review of Christine Brewer / Charles Mackerras Wagner concert
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. ...
