Riccardo Muti leads a stellar Missa solemnis in a valedictory CSO performance

United StatesUnited States Beethoven: Erin Morley (soprano), Alisa Kolosova (mezzo-soprano), Giovanni Sala (tenor), Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 23.6.2023. (JLZ)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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Novo Quartet shines in Mozart, Haydn and Bartók in Stevns Klint on the Danish coast

DenmarkDenmark Scandinavian Cello School – SCS Next Generation: Novo Quartet (Kaya Kato Møller, Nikolai Vasili Nedergaard [violins], Daniel Śledziński [viola], Signe Ebstrup Bitsch [cello]). Stevns Klint Experience, Stevns Klint, 24.6.2023. (LV)

The Novo Quartet at Stevns Klint on the Danish coast © Mille Norvik

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Revelatory performance of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony from Osmo Vänskä and the Seattle Symphony

United StatesUnited States Mahler: Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Mané Galoyan (soprano), Seattle Symphony Chorale and Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.6.2023. (ZC)

Osmo Vänskä conducts Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano) and the Seattle Symphony © Carlin Ma

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Pärt, Bach and Glass bring the Festival de Música dos Capuchos to a rousing close

PortugalPortugal Festival de Música dos Capuchos [2] – Closing Concert: Jack Liebeck (violin), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra / Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano and conductor). Municipal Theater Joaquim Benite, Almada, 18.6.2023. (LV)

Jack Liebeck and Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro taking their bows © Rita Carmo

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Harlem Chamber Players invite stellar vocal artists for diverse Harlem Songfest II

United StatesUnited States Various, Harlem Songfest II: Terrance McKnight (host), Janinah Burnett (soprano), Jasmine Muhammad (soprano), Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Martin Bakari (tenor), Kenneth Overtone (baritone), Harlem Chamber Players / Damien Sneed (music director). Miller Theater at Columbia University, New York, 9.6.2023. (DS)

Curtain Call for Harlem Songfest II © Bob Curtis

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