New Translations: Giuliani Op. 89 Lieder
To mark the recent launch of Sarah Clarke’s new book, The Periodicals of Ferdinand Pelzer, Ally Dunavant and I performed a programme centred on Pelzer’s career and legacy. Our selection included four of Mauro Giuliani’s Op. 89 Lieder, which I furnished with new English lyrical translations….
The Periodicals of Ferdinand Pelzer, 1833–1857
Sarah Clarke’s The Periodicals of Ferdinand Pelzer, 1833–1857 is a major contribution to guitar scholarship. It comprises an overview of Pelzer’s varied career in late Georgian/early Victorian Britain…
A Suffolk Celebration
The figure of Benjamin Britten looms large over British music of the last century, too often at the expense of his coevals. His legacy remains almost unshakeable, while composers like Michael Tippett have endured a posthumous decline...
