United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (5) Bach, Mass in B minor: Ruth Holton (soprano), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), William Towers (countertenor), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Ben Bevan (bass), Three Cathedral Choirs, Academy of Ancient Music / Peter Nardone (conductor), The Cathedral, Worcester, 29.7.2014. (RJ)
Concert Reviews
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Mostly Mozart Festival (1): An Impressive Opening Concert
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (1), Richard Goode (Piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée, (Conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 29.7.2014 (SSM)
Photo by: Jennifer Taylor
PROM 15: A Stunning Daphnis et Chloé
United Kingdom Prom 15. Jonathan Dove, Mozart, Ravel Ingrid Fliter (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Josep Pons (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2014 (RB)
PROM 14: A Luminously Beautiful Performance of Duruflé’s Requiem Caps Thierry Fischer’s Fascinating Prom
United Kingdom Prom 14: Ravel, Simon Holt, Duruflé, Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Thierry Escaich (organ), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, National Youth Choir of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2014 (CT)
Spano Leads a Tautly Focused Mahler Third
United States Aspen (9): Soloists, Choruses, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Christian Arming (conductor), Robert Spano (conductor), Aspen, Colorado. 27.7.2014 (HS)
The Power of Alexander Ullman’s Pianism
Italy Alexander Ullman (piano) plays Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Debussy, Stravinsky and Liszt. The UK Keyboard Charitable Trust in collaboration with The Pontino Festival at the Baronial Hall of Palazzo Caetani, Fondi. 24.07.2014 (JB)
A Spirited and Convincing Performance of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (3) Dvorák: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.2014 (JQ)
Dvorák – Stabat Mater
Song Festival in Heat-Wave
Sweden. Sångfest (Song Festival) Vackert, makabert, poetiskt (Beautiful, Macabre, Poetic) 11.7.2014 at Vattnäs, Dalecarlia. (GF)
Sanna Gibbs (soprano), Tobias Westman (tenor), Henning von Schulman (bass), Sofia Wilkman (piano), Henrik Måwe (piano)
En barock föreställning om galen kärlek (A Baroque Performance about Mad Love) 12.7.2014 Magnus Karlberg (counter-tenor), Mime Brinkmann (cello), Jonas Nordberg (theorbo/baroque guitar)