Colin Clarke – Page 36 – Seen and Heard International

Kožená, the LSO and Rattle show how the coupling of Adámek and Beethoven worked remarkably well

04/11/202117/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Ondřej Adámek, Beethoven: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 17.9.2021. (CC)

Magdalena Kožená sings *Where Are You?* (c) Mark Allan

Time will tell if Oliver Mears’s new Rigoletto for the Royal Opera will reveal more

26/10/202315/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 13.9.2021. (CC)

Carlos Álvarez (Rigoletto) and Lisette Oropesa (Gilda) © Ellie Kurttz

A truly unforgettable performance of Britten’s War Requiem at Musikfest Berlin

04/11/202114/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

Germany Germany Musikfest Berlin [5] – Britten’s War Requiem, Op.66: Flurina Stucki (soprano), Matthew Newlin (tenor), Markus Brück (baritone), Chorus and Children’s Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 10.9.2021. (CC)

Britten’s *War Requiem* at Berlin’s Philharmonie (c) Martina Hafner/B.Z.

Wonderful BBC Prom with Elder conducting the Hallé who are in the midst of a golden age

04/11/202109/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [25] – Chin, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Anna Lapwood (organ), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2021. (CC)

Anna Lapwood at the Royal Albert Hall’s Grand Organ (c) Chris Christodoulou

Proms triumph for all concerned and the dawn of Domingo Hindoyan’s new era with the RLPO

28/07/202407/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [23] – Mason, Dvořák, R. Strauss, Hindemith: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2021. (CC)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the RLPO (c) Chris Christodoulou

Like the good old days: a symphony, an overture and a concerto from Bychkov, Gerstein and BBC SO

04/11/202105/09/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [21] – Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Kirill Gerstein (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2021. (CC)

Kirill Gerstein (piano) (c) Chris Christodoulou

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason comes into her own playing Florence Price’s concerto with Chineke! at the Proms

01/10/202126/08/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [15] – Coleridge-Taylor, Fela Sowande, Florence Price: Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Kalena Bovell (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.8.2021. (CC)

Kalena Bovell conducts the Chineke! Orchestra (c) Mark Allan

Glyndebourne’s semi-staging of Wagner’s magnificent Tristan und Isolde worked beautifully

01/10/202120/08/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2021 [2] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (semi-staged): Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 17.8.2021. (CC)

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