The CBSO and Ludovic Morlot Excel in French Music at the Proms
16/08/2018
PROM 44 – Debussy, Lili Boulanger and Ravel: Justina Gringytė (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2018. (AS)
Justina Gringytė (c) Paul Marc Mitchell
Blossom Music Festival (7): Timeless Suites Show a Cellist’s Growth as an Artist
15/08/2018
Blossom Music Festival [7] – Bach: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 12.8.2018. (MSJ)
Yo-Yo Ma at the Blossom Music Festival (c) Roger Mastroianni
A Thought-Provoking Prom from West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim
15/08/2018
Prom 43 – Tchaikovsky, Coleman, and Scriabin: Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2018. (MB)
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Joshua Bell and the ASMF Bring Sparkling Collective Music-Making to the Proms
15/08/2018
BBC Prom 40 – Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Bridge, Beethoven: Joshua Bell (violin/director), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2018. (CS)
Joshua Bell (c) Shervin Lainez
The Warmth of Familiarity was Written All Through Queyras and Melnikov’s EIF Recital.
14/08/2018
Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [8] – Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Queen’s Hall, 14.8.2018. (SRT) Read more
The Proms Hears Vaughan Williams’ Impassioned Plea for Peace
14/08/2018
PROM 41 – Lili Boulanger, Elgar and Vaughan Williams: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2018. (AS) Read more
A Busy Conductor and a Wickedly Witty Trpčeski
14/08/2018
Blossom Music Festival [5] – Liadov, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 11.8.2018. (MSJ)
Simon Trpčeski
Aspen 10: Isbin’s Guitar Caps a Week of Spanish Infusion
13/08/2018
Aspen Music Festival [10} (HS)
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