Month: October 2023

Emanuel Ax and the SF Symphony in the premiere of Anders Hillborg’s absorbing Piano Concerto No.2

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United StatesUnited States Brahms, Hillborg, Beethoven: Emanuel Ax (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 13.10.2023. (HS)

[l-r] Alexander Brantschik (concertmaster), Esa-Pekka Salonen, Emmanuel Ax and Anders Hillborg © Brandon Patoc

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Verdi’s 210th birthday is celebrated in Parma with the aim of saving ‘Villa Verdi’

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ItalyItaly Gala Verdiano: Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Clémentine Margaine (mezzo-soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass), Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma (Chorus master: Martino Faggiani), Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor). Broadcast live on OperaVision from Teatro Regio di Parma, 10.10.2023 and available until 10.4.2024. (JPr)

Gregory Kunde and Eleonora Buratto © Roberto Ricci

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Vladimir Jurowksi presents a richly varied survey of music inspired by Don Quixote

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GermanyGermany Telemann, Boismortier, Ravel, Ibert, and R. Strauss: Paul Gay (bass-baritone), Alejandro Regueira Caumel (viola), Konstanze von Gutzeit (cello), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowksi (conductor). Konzerthaus, Berlin, 12.10.2023. (MB)

Standing: Konstanze von Gutzeit (l, cello) and Alejandro Regueira Caumel (r, viola) with members of the RSB © Robert Niemeyer

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