Armenia 17th Khachaturian International Competition, 2021 (II): 10-12.6.2021. (CC)
Japan’s Daichi Deguchi takes the top conducting prize at the 2021 Khachaturian International Competition
Broadcasts and Film
John Wilson and OperaGlass Works turn the Britten screw for telly
United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Libretto by Myfanwy Piper from a story by Henry James. An OperaGlass Works production. Directors – Dominic Best, Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson. Set designer – Tom Piper and Director of Photography – Jim Ashcroft. Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Orchestra recorded at Cadogan Hall, London and filmed at an empty Wilton’s Music Hall, London. Shown on BBC FOUR, 6.6.2021 and available on BBC iPlayer until 6.7.2021. (JB)
17th Khachaturian International Competition, 2021 – young conductors vie for the prizes in Armenia
Armenia 17th Khachaturian International Competition, 2021 [I] – Opening Concert: Jonathan Swensen (cello), Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Jun Sung-Park and Sergey Smbatyan (conductors). Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, Yerevan, 6.6.2021. (CC)
Dame Darcey Bussell gathers 65 dancers all in a good cause at the Royal Albert Hall
United Kingdom British Ballet Charity Gala: Dame Darcey Bussell and Ore Oduba (presenters), Dancers of Ballet Black, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, New Adventures, Northern Ballet, Rambert, Scottish Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Filmed (directed by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.6.2021 and streaming widely from 18.6.2021. (JPr)
Korngold’s volatile Serenade in Cleveland
United States In Focus / Episode Thirteen: Dance & Drama: Strings of The Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Performed in Severance Hall, Cleveland, recorded 30.3 and 2.4.2021 and streamed from 17.6.2021. (MSJ)
‘A Spiritual Solstice’ was Alice Coote’s thought-provoking opening to the Tenth Leeds Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Tenth Leeds Lieder Festival – A Spiritual Solstice: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) and Christian Blackshaw (piano). Livestreamed (by Apple and Biscuit Recordings) from Victoria Hall, Leeds Town Hall, 17.6.2021. (JPr)
Blomstedt closes the Berlin Philharmonic’s season with an especially glorious Brahms Third Symphony
Germany Brahms, Sibelius: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Livestreamed on the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall (click here) from the Berlin Philharmonie, 12.6.2021. (GT)
Benedetti’s boisterous Szymanowski and masterly Bartók from Elim Chan and the RSNO
United Kingdom Bartók, Szymanowski: Nicola Benedetti (violinist), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Recorded at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and streamed (directed by Jack Hunter) on the RSNO’s Digital Concert Hall 11.6.2021. (GT)
