2019 – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic give a memorable Prom

23/09/201911/09/2019 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC PROM 69 – Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Elena Stikhina (soprano); Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2019. (CC)

Elena Stikhina (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

A powerful Torch Song marks opening of London’s newest theatre

23/09/201910/09/2019 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Torch Song (by Harvey Fierstein): The Turbine Theatre, London, 6.9.2019. (CSa)

Matthew Needham (Arnold) and Dino Festcher (Ed) in *Torch Song*
(c) Mark Senior

The RPO’s sumptuous sound was very much the highlight of this Wagner Night Prom

23/09/201910/09/2019 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom BBC Prom 68 – Wagner Night: Christine Goerke (soprano), Stephen Gould (tenor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Marc Albrecht (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2019. (JPr)

Wagner Night at the 2019 BBC Proms (c) Chris Christodoulou

Dazzling and searching performances from Barenboim and the Boulez Ensemble

23/09/201910/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [6] – Beethoven, Bartók, and Boulez: Boulez Ensemble, Daniel Barenboim (piano, conductor). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 9.9.2019. (MB)

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

23/09/201910/09/2019 by James Zychowicz

United 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

Highly commendable Bruch and Bruckner at Lucerne

23/09/201910/09/2019 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Lucerne Festival [8] – Bruch, Bruckner: Vilde Frang (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 7.9.2019. (JR)

Vilde Frang (c) Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival

The music of Xenakis makes a truly elemental impression in Berlin

23/09/201909/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [5] – Eötvös, Xenakis, and Varèse: Isabelle Faust (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Peter Eötvös (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.9.2019. (MB)

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

23/09/201909/09/2019 by Mark Berry

Germany 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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