International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

L’Itinéraire explores music by Hellendaal, Ruloffs, Focking and de Fesch from Dutch Baroque

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [6]: L’Itinéraire [4] – Dutch Baroque plays Dutch Baroque: Dutch Baroque (Ivan Iliev [violin], Beniamino Paganini [transverse flute], Anne-Linde Visser [cello], Gerard de Wit [organ/harpsichord/director]). Église Saint-Pierre d’Edon, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)

Gerard de Wit playing during an earlier concert

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Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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Apollo’s Fire blazes in dueling concertos to open Ohio season

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United StatesUnited States ‘Fencing Match, Round One’ – Various: Kathie Stewart (flute), Daphna Mor (recorder), Alan Choo, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Emi Tanabe (violins), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Ohio, 8.8.2025. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Capella de la Torre show spirit in their high-voltage (if quite tiring) Les Éléments in Périgord

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [2] – Les Éléments: Capella de la Torre. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

Capella de la Torre at Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

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