[concert] Giovanna d'Arco - Rossini - Brighton Festival
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tamaranthThe Old Municipal Market, Brighton -- with Anish Kapoor's The Dismemberment of Joan of Arc as stage. Chamber Domaine cond. Thomas Kemp: mezzo-soprano Anna Grevelius.
The marvellous thing was feeling that audience, orchestra and artwork were sharing a space: a very Brighton space with seagulls screeching overhead, their shadows passing across the filthy glass roof, and sirens from the streets outside.
Rossini's Giovanna d'Arco was originally written as a cantata for piano and mezzo: Teresa Berganza persuaded Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino to orchestrate it. Sciarrino produced an authentic Rossini sound, full of woodwind and sonority. The music is lovely and Grevelius, in a simple white shift atop the white wooden steps, is a passionate singer.
I'm really glad to have been there.
BBC News video on Anish Kapoor's Dismemberment of Joan of Arc, which is Big and Red
The marvellous thing was feeling that audience, orchestra and artwork were sharing a space: a very Brighton space with seagulls screeching overhead, their shadows passing across the filthy glass roof, and sirens from the streets outside.
Rossini's Giovanna d'Arco was originally written as a cantata for piano and mezzo: Teresa Berganza persuaded Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino to orchestrate it. Sciarrino produced an authentic Rossini sound, full of woodwind and sonority. The music is lovely and Grevelius, in a simple white shift atop the white wooden steps, is a passionate singer.
I'm really glad to have been there.
BBC News video on Anish Kapoor's Dismemberment of Joan of Arc, which is Big and Red
