Colin Clarke – Page 7 – Seen and Heard International

Irish National Opera triumphs again with Vivaldi’s L’Olimpiade in London

04/06/202419/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Vivaldi, L’Olimpiade RV 725: Soloists. Orchestra of Irish National Opera / Peter Whelan (director / harpsichord). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 13.5.2024. (CC)

Cast of *L’Olimpiade* with Rachel Redmond (centre, Aminta) © Ros Kananagh

Piemontesi, one of the finest young pianists, impresses with his Beethoven and Debussy in Dresden

03/08/202415/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [2] – Beethoven, Debussy: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 11.5.2024. (CC)

In Dresden: Klaus Mäkelä ultimately failed to satisfy with Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony

03/08/202415/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [1] – Bruckner: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Kulturpalast, Dresden, 10.5.2024. (CC)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Stephan Floss

Rothko Chapel was SANSARA and Manchester Collective’s utterly remarkable, unforgettable concert

06/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Various, Rothko Chapel: SANSARA, Manchester Collective. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5.5.2024 (CC)

Rakhi Singh (music director of Manchester Collective) © Pete Woodhead

Purest Monteverdian joy from I Fagiolini at Wigmore Hall

30/04/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Monteverdi: I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (director / organ). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.4.2024. (CC)

I Fagiolini and Robert Hollingworth (director / organ) at the Wigmore Hall

The best things come to those who wait: Jurowski and the LPO’s Götterdämmerung

30/04/202429/04/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung (semi-staged): Soloists, London Philharmonic Choir, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.4.2024 (CC)

Kai Rüütel-Pajula (Waltraute) and Svetlana Sozdateleva (Brünnhilde) © LPO

Kopatchinskaja’s Everyday Non-sense: might either be unforgettable or you could just as easily hate it

26/04/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Everyday Non-sense – works by Shiomi, Schmit, Higgins, Mozart, Kurtág, Cage, PatKop, Françaix and Ligeti: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin / voice / vacuum cleaner), members of Aurora Orchestra. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, 24.4.2024. (CC)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) © Pete Woodhead

Phenomenal Dean, Bach and Brahms from Benjamin Grosvenor at Wigmore Hall

21/04/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Brett Dean, The Homage Etudes (2009-20) – Dean, Bach, Brahms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.4.2024. (CC)

Benjamin Grosvenor © Chris Christodoulou

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