United Kingdom Beethoven: Foyle-Štšura Duo (Michael Foyle [violin], Maksim Štšura [piano]). Great Hall, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 21.7.2021. (CC)
A beautiful and spirited Beethoven event from the Foyle-Štšura Duo
Colin Clarke
Hour’s worth of beautiful, thought-provoking music from Trio Klein Up Close and Musical in Clerkenwell
United Kingdom Up Close and Musical – Klein, Bach, Shaw: Trio Klein (Kamila Bydlkowska [violin], Shiry Rashkovsky [viola], Ella Rundle [cello]) with Huw Watkins (piano). Fidelio Orchestra Café, Clerkenwell, London, 17.7.2021. (CC)
Jennifer France’s unforgettable Vixen crowns OHP’s Janáček production which has it all – comedy, pathos, delight and tears
United Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen (Přiíhody lišky Bystroušky) sung in English in the chamber version by Jonathan Dove): Soloists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia / Jessica Cottis (conductor). Holland Park, London, 13.7.2021. (CC)
Beautifully planned and delivered concert by the ORA Singers LIVE from London
United Kingdom Tallis, Escott, Byrd, R. Panufnik, Marsh, Andrew, Bray, Ešenvalds, Roth, LIVE From London Summer 2021 [2] – All Shall Be Well: ORA Singers / Suzi Digby OBE (conductor) with Zeb Soanes (narrator) and VOCES8. Livestreamed from the VOCES8 Centre, London. 11.7.2021. (CC)
The Mozartists’s terrific Cadogan Hall concert showed their sheer exhilaration at a return to the stage
United Kingdom Mozart (attrib), Mysliveček, C. P. E. Bach, Salieri, Haydn, Mozart 250: 1771 – A Retrospective: Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Steven Devine (harpsichord), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London. 8.7.2021. (CC)
LIVE From London there is a sprinking of Stardust from VOCES8
United Kingdom LIVE From London Summer 2021 [1] – Stardust: VOCES8 (Andrea Haines, Molly Noon [sopranos], Kate Jeffries-Harries [alto], Barnaby Smith [countertenor], Blake Morgan, Euan Williamson [tenors], Christopher Moore [baritone], Jonathan Percy [bass]). VOCES8 Centre, London, livestreamed on 4.7.2021. (CC)
Glyndebourne’s Così fan tutte revival is a veritable triumph of organisation, performance and production
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2021 – Mozart, Così fan tutte (Bärenreiter edition, ed. Ferguson / Rehm): Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 4.7.2021. (CC)
(c) Tristram Kenton
Peter Moore triumphs in Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s world premiere of Dani Howard’s concerto
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Dani Howard, Ravel, Prokofiev: Peter Moore (trombone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Concert from Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool on 17.6.2021, streaming from 29.6.2021. (CC)
