Month: September 2019

Stellar voices mark a preview of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new season

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United StatesUnited States Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park 2019: Soloists, Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus / Michael Black (director), Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 6.9.2019. (JLZ)

Crowds at Chicago’s Millennium Park © Todd Rosenberg

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A splendid contribution to Musikfest Berlin from Peter Eötvös and Ensemble Musikfabrik

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GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin [4] – Lachenmann, Hosokawa, and Eötvös: Ryoko Aoki (Noh-performer), Mayumi Miyata (shō), Ulrich Löffler (piano), Helen Bledsoe (flute), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Ensemble Musikfabrik / Peter Eötvös (conductor), Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 8.9.2019. (MB)

Peter Eötvös (conductor) and Ensemble Musikfabrik (c) Adam Janisch

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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center celebrates 50 years with a Grecian Odyssey

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GreeceGreece Various composers, Live from Lincoln Center – Odyssey: The Chamber Music Society in Greece: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Broadcast by PBS, New York, 6.9.2019. (RP)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
© Da-Hong Seetoo

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Lucerne sees the final farewell from Bernard Haitink after 65 extraordinary years of conducting

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [7] – Beethoven, Bruckner: Emanuel Ax (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 5.9.2019. (JR)

Bernard Haitink conducts the VPO (c) Lucerne Festival/Priska Ketterer

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