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Anglo Austrian Society sponsors opening night of Idomeneo at Buxton
On July 13th the Anglo Austrian Society sponsored three events at this year’s Buxton Festival, a piano recital by John Lill, an opera talk by Michael Kennedy and a concert performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo arranged by Richard Strauss.
All events were played to packed and enthusiastic houses and the opera performance was regarded as the highlight of the 2010 festival.
The marketing of the Society as well as the presence of Trevor Gilman, director and Peter Gieler, General Secretary was widely appreciated by the management of the Festival.
The concert performance of Mozart’s Idomeneo, in Richard Strauss’s version of 1931 boasts the starriest line-up of soloists of any of the festival operas.
This is an extraordinary hybrid of two composers’ thoughts, 150 years apart. It’s not just a free, modern-instrument transcription of ‘early music’– it’s Mozart as respectfully, and rather whimsically, adapted by Strauss.
‘Mozart with whipped cream’, as Michael Kennedy said – it’s certainly a Wiener Mélange, and just as tasty.
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