United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [12]: Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Recitals with distinctiveness and distinction spice up the 2025 festival in Aspen
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Ensemble Amarine Belladiva’s concert was an absolute joy: my preferred event of L’Itinéraire
France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [7]: L’Itinéraire [5]: Les Délices de l’Âme: Ensemble Amarine Belladiva (Zuzana Badárová [soprano], Michaela Ambrosi [transverse flute], Barbara Maria Willi [harpsichord]). Rauzet Priory, Combiers, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)
L’Itinéraire explores music by Hellendaal, Ruloffs, Focking and de Fesch from Dutch Baroque
France 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)
Augustin Hadelich rises above a violin mishap in Aspen for a glorious Tchaikovsky concerto
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [11]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg
United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)
L’Itinéraire’s variable Haydn and Mozart but countertenor Constantin Zimmermann is mightily impressive
France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [5]: 2.8.2025. (CC)
L’Itinéraire in 2025 began with Gerard de Wit’s Sonata and Fantasy
France Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [4]: L’Itinéraire [1] – Opening Recital, Sonata and Fantasy: Gerard de Wit (origan). Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)
A glorious Messiah in Aspen with Dame Jane Glover in command
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [10]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
