Lorelei Ensemble Fills a Sacred Space with Mystical, Mesmerizing Sound
19/04/2019
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space – Various Composers: Lorelei Ensemble / Beth Willer (Artistic Director), Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, 14.4.2019. (RP)
Lorelei Ensemble
Fantastic Symphonies In Wellington
19/04/2019
Berlioz: Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Orchestra Wellington / Marc Taddei (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 12.4.2019 (PM)
Marc Taddei with Orchestra Wellington (c) Orchestra Wellington
In Akron, Bach Becomes a Tribute to Notre Dame
17/04/2019
Bach, Mass in B minor: Amanda Powell (soprano), Amanda Crider (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Perry (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 15.4.2019. (MSJ) Read more
Nelson Goerner Returns with a Remarkable ‘Appassionata’ and Luminous Chopin
15/04/2019
Various: Nelson Goerner (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 7.4.2019. (GN)
Nelson Goerner © Evgeny Demin
Reconstructed Khovanshchina at the 2019 Budapest Spring Festival
15/04/2019
Budapest Spring Festival – Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina (concert performance): Hungarian Radio Choir and Children’s Choir, Honvéd Male Choir, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / János Kovács (conductor), Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, MÜPA, Budapest, 5.4.2019. (AK) Read more
Lucerne Easter Festival: Haitink at 90 with Bruckner’s Sixth
15/04/2019
Lucerne Easter Festival [2] – Mozart, Bruckner: Till Fellner (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Lucerne, 14.4.2019. (JR)
Bernard Haitink (c) Zurich Tonhalle
Compelling Brahmsian Insights from Solzhenitsyn and Altenberger
14/04/2019
Brahms: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Korbinian Altenberger (violin), Rhoden Arts Center, PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 7.4.2019. (BJ)
Korbinian Altenberger
A Rewarding Rapport between the Philharmonia and Herbert Blomstedt
12/04/2019
Beethoven and Berlioz: Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.4.2019. (AS)
Herbert Blomsted (c) Martin Lengemann.
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