Highly commendable Bruch and Bruckner at Lucerne
10/09/2019
Lucerne Festival [8] – Bruch, Bruckner: Vilde Frang (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 7.9.2019. (JR)
Vilde Frang (c) Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival
The music of Xenakis makes a truly elemental impression in Berlin
09/09/2019
Musikfest Berlin [5] – Eötvös, Xenakis, and Varèse: Isabelle Faust (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Peter Eötvös (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.9.2019. (MB) Read more
A splendid contribution to Musikfest Berlin from Peter Eötvös and Ensemble Musikfabrik
09/09/2019
Musikfest Berlin [4] – Lachenmann, Hosokawa, and Eötvös: Ryoko Aoki (Noh-performer), Mayumi Miyata (shō), Ulrich Löffler (piano), Helen Bledsoe (flute), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Ensemble Musikfabrik / Peter Eötvös (conductor), Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 8.9.2019. (MB)
Peter Eötvös (conductor) and Ensemble Musikfabrik (c) Adam Janisch
A surprising finish at the Banff International String Quartet Competition
09/09/2019
BISQC 2019 [4] – Various composers: Callisto, Marmen, and Viano String Quartets, Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada, 1.9.2019. (LV)
The Winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition
(c) Don Lee
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center celebrates 50 years with a Grecian Odyssey
08/09/2019
Various composers, Live from Lincoln Center – Odyssey: The Chamber Music Society in Greece: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Broadcast by PBS, New York, 6.9.2019. (RP)
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
© Da-Hong Seetoo
Lucerne sees the final farewell from Bernard Haitink after 65 extraordinary years of conducting
07/09/2019
Lucerne Festival [7] – Beethoven, Bruckner: Emanuel Ax (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 5.9.2019. (JR)
Bernard Haitink conducts the VPO (c) Lucerne Festival/Priska Ketterer
A fascinating, stimulating Berlin programme from Ensemble Modern
06/09/2019
Musikfest Berlin [3] – Varèse, Neuwirth, and Andriessen: Hermann Kretzchmar (piano), Catherine Milliken (speaker), Norbert Ommer (sound direction), Chorwerk Ruhr (chorus director: Klaas Stok), Ensemble Modern / Brad Lubman (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 4.9.2019. (MB)
Ensemble Modern at Musikfest Berlin © Adam Janisch
August’s musical delights in Hungary included a Plácido Domingo gala
04/09/2019
A Music Sojourn in Hungary – artists, amongst others, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radics Band, Szalonna Band, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Central European String Quartet: Various venues in Budapest and Szeged. (AK)
Szalonna Band (c) Levente Váradi
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