United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [10]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Meadows Campus, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Virtuosity from Steven Banks and Gil Shaham in a thoughtful Aspen Music Festival weekend
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Salzburg’s deeply affecting Berg and tranquil, nostalgic Mahler from Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic
Austria Salzburg Festival 2023 [1] – Berg and Mahler: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Christiane Karg (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Dick Kuijs) on STAGE+ from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 6.8.2023. (JPr)
Dala-Floda Gala earns ovations from enthusiastic audience
Sweden Dala-Floda Opera Festival 2023 [2] – Gala Concert: Soloists, Ola Ottosson, Mischa Carlberg and Alexandra Orrgård Solén (accompanists), Dala-Floda Church, Dalecarlia, 6.8.2023. (GF)
Young violinist Leonhard Baumgartner wins the Carl Flesch Prize at Baden-Baden
Germany Carl Flesch International Competition – Concertos Round: 16 candidates (violin, viola, cello, double-bass), Philharmonie Baden-Baden / Heiko Mathias Förster (conductor). Weinbrennersaal, Kurhaus Baden-Baden, 21-22.7.2023. (LV)
Audra McDonald wows with show tunes at Aspen – and there was plenty of other notable singing this week
United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [9]: Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
A joyous Itinéraire Baroque concert of Haydn Paris symphonies and a concerto
France Itinéraire Baroque 2023 III – Les Symphonies Parisiennes: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor/organ). Eglise Abbatiale de Cercles, France, 3.8.2023. (CC)
A fine concert from Christophe Rousset’s Les Talens Lyriques devoted to the Virgin Mary
France Itinéraire Baroque, 2023 I: Ave Maris Stella: Marie Lys, Judith van Wanroij (sopranos), Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Eglise abbatiale de Cercles, France, 28.7.2023. (CC)
Rachel Barton Pine triumphs in the Billy Childs Violin Concerto No.2 at the Hollywood Bowl
United States John Williams, Billy Childs, Mussorgsky: Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor). Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 27.7.2023. (LV)
