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Martyn Brabbins
Country of origin: United Kingdom
03/21/2012
World Première: Rumor by Christian Jost in Antwerp
" Amores Perros", "21 Gramm", "Babel" and "The Burning Plain": I consider these films, for which Guillermo Arriaga wrote the scripts, developed dramaturgic concepts and directed personally in the case of "The Burning Plain", as the most significant ...
03/19/2012
Work of the Week - Christian Jost: Rumor
Commissioned by the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, Christian Jost’s new opera Rumor will receive its world premiere on 23rd March 2012. Martyn Brabbins will conduct the new production which is directed by Guy Josten. Jost created his own libretto based on the novel 'Un dulce olor a muerte' ...
03/16/2010
Richard Ayres UK premiere and CD release
The UK Premiere of Richard Ayres' No.42 (In the Alps) will take place in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on Wednesday 17th March. Performed by the extraordinary soprano Barbara Hannigan and the London Sinfonietta conducted by Martyn Brabbins, Ayres' lyrical melodrama tells the story of a young girl ...
09/24/2008
Work of the Week - Thomas Larcher: Die Nacht der Verlorenen
On September 30, Thomas Larcher’s new work for baritone and ensemble Die Nacht der Verlorenen will be premiered at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall with Matthias Goerne as the soloist. It has been a longstanding wish for Goerne to give the première of a Larcher work composed especially for him. ...
11/21/2007
Tippett - The Complete Piano Music
Celebrated pianist, Steven Osborn, has recently recorded the complete piano music of Sir Michael Tippett. The double CD release by Hyperion records, recorded with both Osborn and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins, has been labelled a “monumental achievement” by the Sunday Times ...
07/08/2005
Britten Sinfonia Tippett 2005 Festival
Tippett 2005: Britten Sinfonia, in association with BBC Radio 3 and Cambridge University This November the Britten Sinfonia will host a festival entitled ’Tippett 2005’ in memory of Sit Michael Tippett in this, his centenary year. Taking place in Cambridge, each of the seven performances will focus ...
01/26/2005
A Child of Our Time, Coliseum, London 4 Stars Triumph of hope over experience By Edward Seckerson 26 January 2005 - The Independent Tippett’s great pacifist oratorio was first performed, on 19 March 1944, in a London theatre. Sixty-five years on, in the centenary ...
10/28/2004
2005 HIGHLIGHTS TIPPETT ON STAGE The Knot Garden , SCOTTISH OPERA, January, MUSIC THEATRE WALES, April/June, BBC SO (concert staging), May A Child of our Time , ENO, ...
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