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Vadim Gluzman’s musical influence and direction inspires the Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vasks, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky – Young Soloists of the Kronberg Academy: Vadim Gluzman, Lara Boschkor (violin), Diyang Mei, Karolina Errera (viola), Ivan Karizna, Erica Piccotti (cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.9.2021. (AK)

Vadim Gluzman (third right) and the young Kronberg Academy musicians at a dress rehearsal (c) Andreas Malkmus/Kronberg Academy

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Live concerts, live audiences, and live-streaming, return chamber music to Chicago’s North Shore Chamber Music Festival

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United StatesUnited States Milhaud, Ravel, Gershwin, Bloch, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Auerbach, Dorman, Robert and Clara Schumann, Brahms: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Ilya Shterenberg (clarinet]) Mark Kosower (cello), Angela Yoffe (piano), William Wolfram (piano). Streamed live from PianoForte Studios Chicago, 10 and 11.9.2020. (AK)

Vadim Gluzman, Angela Yoffe, Mark Kosower and Ilya Shterenberg
perform Dancing with the Torah at Mount Meron (c) Daniel Odroniec

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North Shore Chamber Music Festival – onstage/offstage in-person and livestream concerts

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Live concerts with live audiences (as well as with worldwide streaming) return to Chicago with an unusual series of chamber music at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival North Shore Chamber Music Festival would have celebrated its 10th anniversary season in June but, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the celebrations had to be cancelled. This … Read more

Splendid Wigmore Hall performance of Parnasso in festa from the London Handel Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel: Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Keri Fuge (soprano), Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Jess Dandy (contra-alto), Emily Sierra (alto), Annabel Kennedy (mezzo-soprano), John Lee (bass), London Handel Orchestra / Adrian Butterfield (director). Wigmore Hall, 10.3.2020. (AK)

Handel’s Parnasso in festa at Wigmore Hall

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Soloists, Runnicles and BBC SO prove Missa solemnis is a magnificent masterpiece

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Atkins (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor). Barbican Hall, 4.3.2020. (AK)

Donald Runnicles  (conductor), BBC SO and Chorus © Mark Allan

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BBC SO’s Barbican Elijah gets luxury casting, a magnificent chorus, and expressive conducting

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Allan Clayton (tenor), Johan Reuter (bass-baritone), Toby Davies (treble). BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Barbican Hall, 7.2.2020. (AK)

Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, & Sakari Oramo (conductor)
(c) Mark Allan

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