France Baroque Itinéraire en Périgord, 2022: Église Abbatiale Saint-Cybard de Cercles, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 28-31.7.2022. (CC)
Ton Koopman’s Baroque Itinéraire Festival in France’s beautiful Périgord returns
Month: August 2022
Dala-Floda’s La bohème returns with a new cast
Sweden Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble of Dala Floda Opera of Björbo IOGT-NTO, Festival / Erik Solén (conductor). Dalecarlia, Sweden, 31.7.2022. (GF)
We Will Rock You celebrates its twentieth anniversary as the music of Queen rocks on!
United Kingdom Queen and Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 1.8.2022. (JPr)
Hadelich quiets the Aspen storm in a riveting Sibelius concerto, topping a virtuoso-filled weekend
United States Aspen Music FestivaL 2022 [9]: (HS)
A brilliant Blossom Music Festival hosts debuts for Reinhardt, Kenney and Bacewicz
United States 2022 Blossom Music Festival [2]: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. (MSJ)
Thrilling Xenakis Proms premiere but an underwhelming Sacre from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC SO
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [11], Prom 20 – Birtwistle, Ravel, Xenakis, Stravinsky: Tom Borrow (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2022. (MBr)
Water flows through an otherwise oddly programmed Prom from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [10], Prom 19: Dukas, Respighi, Puccini: Soloists, Philharmonia Voices, Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Recorded (directed by Helen Mansfield) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2022. It is currently available on BBC iPlayer. (JPr)
Daniel Harding leads NYO-USA in Elgar and Mahler at Carnegie Hall
United States Elgar, Mahler: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), National Youth Orchestra of the United States / Daniel Harding (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 29.7.2022. (RP)
