Brno’s Children’s Choir’s uplifting and vivid singing of Petr Eben’s song cycle

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [5] – Eben: Brno Children’s Choir (choirmaster: Valeria Maťašova), Jitka Houfova (piano) Pavel Čenĕk Vaculík (narrator). Reduta Theatre (Mozart Hall), 23.11.2024. (GT)

Choirmaster Valeria Maťašova and the Brno Children’s Choir © Jakub Jíra

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The Cambridge University Schola Cantorum’s Carol Concert at London’s St Mary le Bow on 11 December

The Cambridge University Schola Cantorum: A New Choir For Cambridge University

Students from Cambridge University are proud to present the unprecedented foundation of The Cambridge University Schola Cantorum.  While The University Of Cambridge’s individual college choirs have been widely celebrated throughout the world, there has never before been a liturgical choir under the University’s banner, nor a University choir with national and international prestige:  A cross-college ensemble of the Cambridge’s most talented singers and an elite group of vocalists from the University – the equivalent of a sporting blue for music in the choral tradition.

Next event – Carol Concert on Wednesday 11 December 2024 at St Mary le Bow, Cheapside, London. For more information click here.

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Cleveland serves a Thanksgiving feast with Marc-André Hamelin and David Robertson

United StatesUnited States Various: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Robertson (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 1.12.2024. (Reviewed as a livestream on clevelandorchestra.com/adella). (MSJ)

David Robertson leads the Cleveland Orchestra in Copland © Extraordinaire Photos/TCO

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Disjointed Barbican Hall programme showcases the versatility of the BBC SO and Lintu’s interpretative skills

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Moussa, R. Strauss: Nardus Williams (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Derek Welton (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.11.2024. (KMcD)

Hannu Lintu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © Mark Allan

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Podger, Świątkiewicz, and Kenny took us to Biber’s Baroque world: ‘a completely different planet’

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Biber, Froberger, Kapsberger: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque (Elizabeth Kenny [theorbo] and Marcin Świątkiewicz [harpsichord]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 1.12.2024. (LJ)

Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord) and Rachel Podger (violin) at the RWCMD

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Claus Guth’s Vienna Turandot lacks epic grandeur but is redeemed by some fine singing

AustriaAustria Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Filmed at the Vienna State Opera (directed by Tiziano Mancini) on 16.12.2023 and currently available on medici.tv. (JPr)

Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf) and Asmik Grigorian (Turandot) © Monika Rittershaus

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