Review: The Freischütz Project (Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey)
Punchy, period approach works wonders, but what’s with the highlights?
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Punchy, period approach works wonders, but what’s with the highlights?
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The young composer, who graduates from Curtis this month, wins $10,000 of commission money.
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Britain welcomes back art lovers, but the roadmap to normality looks increasingly uncertain.
Performances of Beethoven, Franz Waxman and Matthew Hindson carry him through the semi-finals.