Planet Hugill - Classical Music Blog
Blog URL http://www.hugill.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Classical Music, Opera, Contemporary Music, CD reviews, Composing Music, Choral music
Classical music news; opera, concert and CD reviews; feature articles, comment and more from contemporary classical composer Robert Hugill.
Latest Blog Posts
- Review of The Tsarina's Slippers on Nov 22, 2009 in opera review
My review of the new production of Tchaikovsky's The Tsarina's Slippers at Covent Garden is here, on Music and Vision.
- Towards a new Opera (4) on Nov 22, 2009 in diary opera
Having worked through the score of the new opera two or three times, I am currently in the process of creating the piano reduction which is always a good discipline. Even though the work is currently written for only 5 accompanying instruments (piano...
- Recent CD Review on Nov 20, 2009 in cd review
My review of Bach's St. John Passion from Il Fondamento and Paul Dombrecht is here, on MusicWeb International.Little to set it apart from its rivals ...
- Review of Turandot on Nov 17, 2009 in opera review
On Friday we went to see the new production of Puccini’s Turandot at the London Coliseum. ENO’s first ever production of Puccini’s final opera has been coming in for rather mixed reviews, especially as Rupert Goold’s production is distinctly...
- Recent CD Reviews on Nov 13, 2009 in cd review
My review of Guerrero's Battle Mass from Westminster Cathedral is here.Performances which are of a very high calibre and extremely seductive ... And my review of Thomas Hampson's 2nd American song recital Wondrous Free is here, both reviews are on Mu...
- Review of Maria di Rohan on Nov 11, 2009 in opera review
My review of the Opera Rara/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment concert performance of Donizetti's Maria di Rohan in the Vienna version is here on Music and Vision...
- Les Arts Florissants at the Union Chapel on Nov 9, 2009 in concert review
As part of their 30th anniversary celebrations, Les Arts Florissants presented a concert of Monteverdi's 6th Book of Madrigals. Instead of their usual home of the Barbican Hall, they de-camped to the rather more Gothic surroundings of the Union Chape...
