The latest CD featuring Jane Irwin is Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde

The 2010 Mahler in Manchester festival was “A sensory experience like no other,” according to The Sunday Times, not least for the Manchester Cameratas revelatory performance of Das Lied von der Erde in the scaled-down chamber version by Schoenberg.

Musicians: Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano; Peter Wedd, tenor; Conductor, Douglas Boyd with Manchester Camerata Website

“Irwin’s reading of this last marathon-length movement [Das Abschied] is bang on the money, heartfelt and lusciously velvet of timbre…” Charlotte Gardner, ClassicFM Read More...

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All have received handsome praise and some wonderful reviews. In the detail of this item I have restricted the reviews to four.

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Danny Driver
Wigmore Hall Recital 9th July 2011

The C. P. E. Bach Sonata, in the fiery prototype classical style from the generation before Haydn, was an adventure playground of rapid-response wit, astonishing changes of direction and harmonic and structural dislocation. Driver revelled in the sheer virtuosity of the writing and, like a juggler coping with any number of slippery bars of soap, he kept the whole highly-wrought creation airborne with incredible precision and an attractive, insouciant glee. This work was written ten years before Johann Sebastian’s death.

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Musician, actor, comedian and rock 'n' roll superstar Tim Minchin hosts a Proms first - the Comedy Prom. Tim is joined by Sue Perkins, Susan Bullock (soprano), Danny Driver (piano), Kit and the Widow, Beardyman, The Boy with Tape on his Face, Doc Brown, the Mongrels, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Andrew Litton (guest conductor) and Jules Buckley (music director).

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A magnificient and emotional day in Japan

In the Shinto Temple of Akama Jingu in Shimonoseki...a traditional ceremony to celebrate the wedding of Pascal & Ami...close family and special friends joined us for a beautiful and simple celebration...there was music and dance...we drank sake and clapped our hands to wake up the Gods and remind them to bring us their blessings... Read More...

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Stephen Hough Concert on Friday 4th December 2009 will be held at a new venue for Pollok House Arts Society - The Fotheringay Centre.

Only about 2 miles from Pollok House, The Fotheringay Centre has excellent acoustics and can accommodate 400. During December Pollok House is not available to Pollok House Arts Society.

The format and times for concerts is exactly the same as for a concert at Pollok House

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Pollok House Arts Society has just been registered as a charity- number SCO40759

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Stephen Hough who plays for us on 4th December has played five times this year, twice more than any other soloist. This is clear evidence of the respect with which the musical society holds him. Here is part of an article that appeared in the Times.

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Artists who have or are about to perform for Pollok House Arts Society have done well in this year’s Proms

Stephen Hough piano - 5 performances

Llyr Williams piano - 3 performances
Ashley Wass piano - 3 performances

Natalie Clein cello - 2 performances
Steven Isserlis cello - 2 performances
Elizabeth Watts soprano - 2 performances

John Mark Ainsley tenor - 1 performance
Claire Debbon, soprano - 1 performance
Stephen Osborne piano - 1 performance
Malcolm Martineau piano - 1 performance

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