Kent Nagano, conductor; Valentina Carrasco, director; Carles Berga, set design; Peter Van Praet, lighting; Cast: Thomas Hampson, Richard Nixon; Renée Fleming, Pat Nixon; John Matthew Myers; Mao Zedong; Caroline Wettergreen, Chiang Ch’ing; Joshua Bloom, Henry Kissinger; Xiaomeng Zhang, Zhou Enlai. I was very pleased when I saw this was on Paris Opera’s 25/26 schedule –Continue reading “John Adams, Nixon in China. Opera Bastille, Paris. 24/2/26”
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Reich, BBCPO, Currie – Bridgewater Hall, 29/11/25
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Colin Currie conductor. Steve Reich Variations for Winds, Strings, and Keyboards; John Adams Frenzy (2023); Gabriella Smith f(x)=sin²x-1/x; Steve Reich The Four Sections I had missed two concerts focusing on Steve Reich in Manchester in recent years, one because of a train strike, another because of bad weather cancelling trains. So, IContinue reading “Reich, BBCPO, Currie – Bridgewater Hall, 29/11/25”
John Adams – Bridgewater Hall, Halle, Adams – 30/10/25
John Adams conductor; Mary Bevan soprano; Hallé Choir (Matthew Hamilton, choral director). . John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox; Debussy/John Adams Le Livre de Baudelaire; John Adams ‘This is prophetic!’ (Pat’s Aria from Nixon in China); Harmonium I have enjoyed listening to John Adams’ music for many years, and have several recordings of his music, but allContinue reading “John Adams – Bridgewater Hall, Halle, Adams – 30/10/25”
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