United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [7] – Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, 19.8.2022. (SRT)
Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh make a case for Winterreise as the greatest work of art ever
Month: August 2022
The Cher Show: a musical icon’s glitz and glamour, career ups and downs
United Kingdom The Cher Show: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. 16.8.2022. (JPr)
One Night, Two Concerts: Payare’s two very different OSM programmes, two different audiences
Canada |One Night, Two Concerts: The OSM and Rafael Payare: Sergio Tiempo (piano), James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Maison symphonique, Montréal, Canada, 6.30pm and 8.15pm, 12.8.2022 (CC)
Golda Schultz shows a determination at Edinburgh for women’s voices to be heard
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [6] – This Be Her Verse: Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano). Queen’s Hall, 17.8.2022. (SRT)
A joyous – if sonically challenged – evening with the OSM at Olympic Park
Canada The Many Colours of the Americas: The OSM at Olympic Park: Montréal Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (author), Jeremy Dutcher (singer), Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Pacho Flores (trumpets). Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Olympic Park, Montréal, 10.8.2022. (CC)
Joyce Yang’s Prokofiev concerto stands out in a weekend of crowd-pleasers
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [11]: (HS)
Magnificent Elgar crowns an English Prom from Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [17], Prom 39 – Turnage, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar: Constantin Hartwig (tuba), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2022. (MB)
Vondráček and Guerrero prove to be the best of the Blossom Festival
United States Blossom Festival 2022 [4] – Rachmaninoff, Adams: Lukáš Vondráček (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 13.8.2022. (MSJ)
