Back to Bach at Tanglewood as Hilary Hahn Pushes in New Directions
16/07/2019
2019 Tanglewood Music Festival [4] – J. S. Bach: Hilary Hahn (violin), Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox, 10.7.2019 (CSa)
Hilary Hahn performing Bach at Ozawa Hall (c) Hilary Scott
Zurich’s Admirable Beethoven From Fabio Luisi and Beatrice Rana
16/07/2019
Beethoven: Beatrice Rana (piano), Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera House, 14.7.2019. (JR)
Fabio Luisi & Philharmonia Zurich (c) Monika Rittershaus
With the LSO, Harding and Ehnes Offer Thrills in Santa Barbara
15/07/2019
Tilson Thomas, Beethoven, Bartók: James Ehnes (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara, California, 13.7.2019. (LV)
James Ehnes (c) Benjamin Ealovega
At Aspen, Baráti Delivers on Ysaÿe and Ravel
15/07/2019
Aspen Music Festival [II]: Aspen, Colorado. 8-11.7.2019 (HS)
Kristóf Baráti (c) Marco Borggreve
In Philadelphia, Commemorating Bernstein’s Centennial with an Exhilarating Candide
13/07/2019
Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.6.2019. (BJ)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (left) and the cast of Candide
Aspen Music Festival 2019 [I] – Bronfman Does Brahms, Flugelhorns Enliven Vivaldi
12/07/2019
Aspen Music Festival [I]: Aspen, Colorado. 7-9.7.2019. (HS) Read more
Boston Symphony Orchestra Regenerates Tanglewood with Magical Mozart and Magnificent Mahler
11/07/2019
2019 Tanglewood Music Festival [3] – Mozart, Mahler: Emanuel Ax (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Shed, Tanglewood, 5.7.2019. (CSa)
Andris Nelsons and Emanuel Ax (c) Hilary Scott
Anne-Sophie Mutter and the BSO Celebrate André Previn
10/07/2019
Tanglewood [2] – Towers, Previn, Dvořák: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA, 6.7.2019. (RP)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Andris Nelsons (conductor) & the BSO © Hilary Scott
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