Three Concerts from Early Music Vancouver’s 2019 Bach Festival
12/08/2019
Vancouver Bach Festival – J. S. Bach, Telemann: Chan Centre and Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 30/31.7.2019 & 2.8.2019 (GN)
Dorothee Mields, Alex Potter, Samuel Boden and Matthew Brook at the Bach Festival © Jan Gates
Semyon Bychkov Leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Memorable Prom
12/08/2019
BBC PROM 33 – Glanert, Schubert/Glanert, Mahler: Christina Gansch (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2019. (CC)
Christina Gansch
In Lisbon, TalentFest Final Concerts Give Hope for the Future
12/08/2019
Portugal Festival Verão Clássico 2019, TalentFest Concerts V-VI: Guilherme Alves, Martim Barbosa (clarinets); Luis Matos (English horn); Niek Baar, Claire Wells (violins); Mathis Rochat (viola); Miguel Braga, Mariona Camats i Torrents, Jeffrey Ho, Florianne Remme (cellos); Domingos Ribeiro (double bass); Roman Fediurko, Florent Ling (piano). Sala Luís de Freitas Branco, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal. 5-6.8.2019. (LV)
Violist Mathis Rochat (c) Rosa Maria Barrantes
The BBCSSO Give Double Delight at the Proms
04/08/2019
BBC PROMS 19 and 20: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2019 & 3.8.2019 (CS)
Pekka Kuusisto (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Splendid Magic Flute at Opera på Skäret
02/08/2019
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Opera på Skäret Chorus, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Lorenzo Coladonato (conductor), Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, 27.7.& 28.7.2019. (GF)
Timothée Varon (Papageno) (c) Opera på Skäret
NYO2 at Carnegie Hall – A Celebration of Youth, Excellence and the Americas
02/08/2019
Falla, Montero, Stravinsky: Gabriela Montero (piano), NYO2 / Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 30.7.2019. (RP)
Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor) and NYO2 at Carnegie Hall © Chris Lee
A Glorious Prom by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
02/08/2019
BBC PROM 17 – Sibelius, Prokofiev & R. Strauss: Gil Shaham (violin), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2019. (CS)
Gil Shaham (c) C Micros Kulturprozent Classics
An Engrossing Three Choirs Festival Recital by Roderick Williams and Susie Allan
02/08/2019
Three Choirs Festival [10] – Various composers: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano), Cheltenham College Theatre, Cheltenham, 1.8.2019. (JQ)
Roderick Williams & Susie Allan (c) Will Corder
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