At the Montréal Chamber Music Festival, Ehnes and Armstrong Headline a Busy Day
27/06/2019
Beethoven, Bach, Jeffrey Ryan, Prokofiev, Friedrich Hermann: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano); Martin Beaver, Heemin Choi, Amy Hillis, Byungchan Lee (violins), Carlos Avila (piano). Bourgie Hall, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal. 13.6.2019. (LV)
James Ehnes (violin) and Andrew Armstrong (piano) (c) Shira Gilbert
Marvellous Chamber Performances from Vadim Repin and Friends
26/06/2019
Brahms and Dvořák: Vadim Repin, Nikita Boriso-Glebsy (violins), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Alexandre Kiniazev (cello), Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 23.6.2019. (MB) Read more
Fine Tonhalle Zurich Performances of Gershwin and Lutosławski From Urbański and Thibaudet
22/06/2019
Bernstein, Gershwin, Lutosławski: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Krzysztof Urbanski (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 21.6.2019. (JR)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (c) Chris Christodoulou
Gersen Conducts Pungent New Reich in San Francisco
22/06/2019
Pärt, Reich, Prokofiev, Borodin: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Joshua Gersen (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 20.6.2019. (HS)
Yefim Bronfman © Todd Rosenberg
The VSO Completes its Centenary Season in Style
19/06/2019
The VSO Closing Centenary Concerts: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver. (GN)
Celebrating at the end of the VSO’s Centenary Gala Concert © Matthew Baird
Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent bring Bach’s B Minor Mass to Lucerne
18/06/2019
Bach, B Minor Mass: Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), KKL Lucerne, 17.6.2019. (JR)
Philippe Herreweghe (c) Matthias Baus
Imminent Surgery Leads to Transcendent Mahler Finale in San Francisco
18/06/2019
Mahler: San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 14.6.2019. (HS)
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony (c) Kristen Loken
In Ohio, Baroque Meets British Folk with Exhilarating Results
18/06/2019
Far Beyond the Sea: Members of The Early Folk Band: Steve Player (guitar, vocals, dancer), Gesine Bänfer (bagpipes, cittern, vocals, frame drums), Ian Harrison (winds, vocals, Gothic harp); Members of Apollo’s Fire: Amanda Powell (vocals, percussion), Brian Kay (plucked instruments, vocals), Tina Bergmann (hammered dulcimer), Baroque Music Barn, Hunting Valley, Ohio, 7.6.2019. (MSJ) Read more
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