September 2019 – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

A rather tired Don Giovanni opens the Royal Opera’s new season

29/09/201917/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.9.2019. (CC)

Brindley Sherratt (Commendatore) in *Don Giovanni*
(c) Mark Douet

An ambitious programme, superbly performed, launches the LSO’s 2019/20 season

29/09/201917/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Emily Howard, Colin Matthews, Walton: Leila Josefowicz (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), 14.9.2019. (CC)

Leila Josefowicz (violin), Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) & the LSO
(c) Mark Allan

Ear-stretching music-making across three different centuries from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

29/09/201917/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [10] – Rameau, Lachenmann, and Berlioz: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Les Siècles / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.9.2019. (MB)

Tabea Zimmermann (viola), François-Xavier Roth (conductor) & Les Siècles
© Monika Karczmarczyk

Elaine McKrill and Jonathan Stoughton impress in Saffron Opera Group’s exciting and engrossing Tristan und Isolde

29/09/201916/09/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (concert performance): Saffron Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 15.9.2019. (JPr)

(l-r) Elaine McKrill (Isolde), Michael Thorne (conductor) & Jonathan Stoughton (Tristan)
with the Saffron Opera Group Orchestra (c) Roger King

The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie excel in Lachenmann and Strauss

29/09/201916/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [9] – Lachenmann and Strauss: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Wulliman [violins], John Pickford Richards [viola], Jay Campbell [cello]), Junge Deutsche Philharmonie / Jonathan Nott (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.9.2019 (MB)

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A rather tired Don Giovanni opens the Royal Opera’s new season

An ambitious programme, superbly performed, launches the LSO’s 2019/20 season

Ear-stretching music-making across three different centuries from Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth

Elaine McKrill and Jonathan Stoughton impress in Saffron Opera Group’s exciting and engrossing Tristan und Isolde

The Junge Deutsche Philharmonie excel in Lachenmann and Strauss

Messiaen’s magnificent music, magnificently performed by Rattle and the LSO

The BBC Proms 2019 ended with a unique, seldom experienced atmosphere at the Last Night

Radius Opera premieres Benjamin’s The Fire of Olympus in Burnley