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Mahler Chamber Orchestra happily flirts with Haydn, but Russian composers will make you laugh #hf12
True story. There is laughter in classical music. At many an orchestral rehearsal, the viola jokes are all over the place. And in the Concertgebouw, you might catch some mock chuckles. But classical composers are not known for their humour. Except Joseph Haydn. The Viennese composer brought a cosy witticism to his works here and there. One of his...
Rare and exceptional performance "Lang" by Kat Válastur knocks you out with wonder and sucks you into maelstrom
Kat Válastur claimed that it is almost impossible to describe the dynamics of her performance with words. She is right. It is rare skill how with only two dancers in one place, so much can be depicted and the audience is sucked into a maelstrom. photo: Nysos Vasilopoulos In the small auditorium of Theatre Kikker, mechanical thuds sound and two giants appear in the middle of the stage....
Playing with the Wooster Group: 'a totally new way of being on stage, of dealing with signals and the material of the show'
Photo: Franck Beloncle 'Your audience will love it.' That was the last thing Liz Lecompte of the Wooster Group heard from the heirs of playwright Tennessee Williams shortly before the premiere of Vieux Carré. Since then, the trustees of this American monument's estate have been keeping quiet about the performance Lecompte created. It was the conclusion of a...
Prize of (Theatre) Criticism 2010 to musical workshop M-Lab
M-Lab Just as it was announced that the musical production house M-Lab is in financial distress, a helping hand comes from Dutch theatre critics. Indeed, the annual Prize of Criticism goes to the laboratory that produces musicals that almost always matter. We quote the jury report:A laboratory is not just for somewhat unworldly scientists who work on the square millimetre a... You....
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