We're living in strange and desperate times. It's difficult having our movements restricted and it's really difficult for us as a group having to cancel so many of our weekly sessions. Dermot's suggestion of sharing musical choices on a weekly basis has been well received, and perhaps it's time to keep track of these choices in a centralised manner. That's the idea of this temporary addition to our web site.
DGMG Online
WEEK ONE
23rd March 2020 : Dermot
Rameau: Les Indes galantes – Viens Hymen
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Cal Hunt (dancer), Serge Saitta (traverse flute), Cappella Mediterránea conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
Rameau: Les Indes galantes – Forêts paisibles
1. A short film by Clément Cogitore featuring the Krump dance group
25th March 2020 : Roy
Handel: Amadigi di Gaula – Pena tiranna
Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor), Il Pomo d'Oro directed by Maxim Emelyanychev (from 'Facce d'amore' released on CD by Warner Classics)
Handel: Messiah – He was despised
Jakub Józef Orliński (counter-tenor), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra conducted by Martin Haselböck
Stölzel/J.S. Bach: Bist du bei mir
Benjamin Appl (baritone), Concerto Köln
26th March 2020 : Peadar
Debussy: Estampes
Alain Planes (piano)
27th March 2020 : Tom
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major – II. Romanze. Andante
Andrew Haveron, RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by John WIlson
28th March 2020 : Éamon
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 in E flat major K.482 – I. Allegro
Leif Ove Andsnes, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
Access to the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall was made free during the closure of the Philharmonie due to the Cononavirus. This will not last.
WEEK TWO
30th March 2020 : Dermot
Verdi: Nabucco – Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
International Opera Choir. Multiple videos from choir members' homes, assembled into a single video.
Beethoven: Fidelio – O welche Lust! (Prisoners' Chorus)
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Christoph Von Dohnányi
The performance was recorded in 1991
3rd April 2020 : Jim
Beethoven: Rasumovsky Quartets
1. String Quartet no. 7 in F major op. 59 no. 1 – II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
2. String Quartet no. 8 in E minor op. 59 no. 2 – IV. Finale. Presto
Quartetto Italiano
Classic recordings from the early '70s