Exaudi. This lunchtime recital, entitled
Chromatic Renaissance, intersperses 16th and 17th-century works with a selection of madrigals from contemporary composer James Weeks’s
Primo Libro. The program opens with four of Orlande de Lassus’s
Sibylline Prophecies
2 pm ET: Hamburg International Music Festival presents
Insula Orchestra & Laurence Equilbey. Laurence Equilbey conducts Insula Orchestra and Accentus Choir in an all-Schumann program comprising
Vom Pagen und der Königstochter Op. 140,
Des Sängers Fluch Op. 139,
Requiem für Mignon Op. 98b, and
Nachtlied Op. 108. View here.
2:30 pm ET: Wigmore Hall presents Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Wigmore Hall’s 120th anniversary sees the Hall’s Associate Ensemble joined by soprano Mary Bevan for Fauré’s
8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Michael Collins & Michael McHale. The clarinetist and pianist’s program includes Joseph Horovitz’s Sonatina which premièred at Wigmore Hall in 1981. Widor’s
Introduction et rondo was composed in 1898. At its première in 1935, Bax’s clarinet sonata was actually played twice; it was repeated in the program when the sheet music for a work by Lennox Berkeley was lost in the post. Each of the four
Time Pieces by Robert Muczynski highlights a characteristic of the clarinet in terms of range, technical prowess, tone color, and expressiveness. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
Verdi’s
Nabucco. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Günter Krämer. With Plácido Domingo, Freddie De Tommaso, Riccardo Zanellato, Anna Pirozzi. Production from January 2021. Register for free and view here. 8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Timothy Ridout & Tom Poster. 2019 New Generation Artist Timothy Ridout joins Tom Poster from Wigmore Hall’s Associate Artists, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, to bring the world première of Kurt Schwertsik’s
Haydn lived in Eisenstadt, written especially for this concert. This will be performed between two Brahms viola sonatas which were originally written for clarinet. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
Oak Ridge Chorus, Roane Choral Society, and special guests livestream, A Collaboration for Healing
Special to The Oak Ridger
The Oak Ridge Chorus (ORC) joins forces with Roane Choral Society (RCS), guest singers from Knoxtet, Roane State Community College Vocal Ensemble & Concert Choir, guest composer Wil Wright, and guest visual artists Maurice Lowery and Betsy Spooner for a livestream concert: “A Collaboration for Healing,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 16.
The three compositions on the program are Karen Marrolli s touching “Undivided”; Morten Lauridsen s revered and beautiful “Lux Aeterna”; and Knoxville composer William Wright s commissioned piece for healing, “Concordia,” led by Choral Director Brenda Luggie. Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra principals Shelby Shankland and Theodore Kartal, and ORC and RCS accompanists Melony Dodson and Slade Trammell unite the vocal music with the added beauty of flute, cello, piano and organ. The livestream YouTube link may be accessed
DANCE legend Carlos Acosta is to return to the stage in Southampton this summer. The tour On Before, an intensely personal evening of dance conceived, directed and performed by the legendary Cuban performer, will play at Mayflower Theatre, on August 3 and 4. First conceived by Carlos Acosta in 2010, On Before is an homage to his late mother and the most personal work he has ever created. It features choreography by world-renowned artists including Russell Maliphant, Kim Brandstrup and Will Tuckett. The show sees Carlos Acosta perform as both a soloist and alongside Laura Rodriguez, a founding member of his Cuban dance company, Acosta Danza.