Agnes Kory

Andrew Staples is remarkable as Jephte and Dido and Aeneas is beautifully rendered at the Barbican

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Carissimi’s Jephte and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord and conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.2.2024, (AK)

(l-r) Carlotta Colombo, Fatma Said, Joyce DiDonato and Maxim Emelyanychev © Mark Allan/Barbican

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Kennedy’s musicality, knowledge, and skills are to the fore in his Barbican Bach Now! programme

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Kennedy, Sakamoto – Nigel Kennedy: Bach Now!: Nigel Kennedy (violin, piano, conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Barbican Hall, London, 14.11.2023. (AK)

Nigel Kennedy (violin) and Nicholas Daniel (oboe) © Alexander Barnes/Apple and Biscuit

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A fully attentive and hugely enthusiastic audience welcome Concerto Budapest to Cadogan Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra / András Keller (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 14.9.2023. (AK)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto with the Concerto Budapest SO © László Mudra/Concerto Budapest

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Magical orchestral Proms moments from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Proms 38 and 39 – Audience Choice, Ligeti, Bartók, Beethoven: Anna-Lena Elbert (soprano), Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2023. (AK)

Audience Choice at Prom 38 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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