‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: New sounds celebrate Greek poet C. P. Cavafy

United StatesUnited States Various – Archive of Desire, ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’: Eleni Calenos (soprano), Rufus Wainwright (singer), Helga Davis (performance artist), Laurie Anderson (narrator and tape-bow violin), Petros Klampanis (double bass), Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Dianne Berkun Menaker (conductor), The Knights / Eric Jacobsen (conductor). St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, 2.5.2023. (RP)

‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue © Kevin Condon

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Vladimir Jurowski leads a powerful performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.8 in Chicago

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Shostakovich: Martin Helmchen (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 28.4.2023. (JLZ)

Vladimir Jurowski conducts soloist Martin Helmchen and the CSO in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.25 © Nuccio DiNuzzo

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Passion, energy and joy at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2023

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: James Gilchrist (tenor), Huw Watkins (piano), David Adams, Lucy Gould, Maia Cabeza (violin), James Toll (violin/viola), Elliot Kempton, Ting-Ru Lai (viola), Kate Gould, Tim Posner (cello), Lumas Winds (Beth Stone [flute], Chris Vettraino [oboe], Johan Stone [French horn], Flo Plane [bassoon], Rennie Sutherland [clarinet]. Also in the Festival: Lenny Sayers (clarinet), Donald Grant (folk violin), Sam Glazer (animateur). St Paul’s Church and the Chapel of St Cross, Winchester. 28.4.2023 to 1.5.2023. (CK)

Kate Gould, Artistic Director of Winchester Chamber Music Festival

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Grace and sophistication in Hamburg Philharmonic’s Carnegie Hall concert

United StatesUnited States Brahms, Beethoven, Shepherd: Jan Vogler (cellist), Audi Jugendchorakademie, Members of Hamburger Alsterspatzen, Soloists of Dresden Kreuzchor, YoungClassX Ensemble, Young New Yorkers’ Chorus, Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York. 22.4.2023 (DS)

Kent Nagano conducts the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra © Chris Lee

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J’Nai Bridges and Ulysses Owens Jr. cross over their musical styles in ‘Notes on Hope’, with uneven success

United StatesUnited States Various, ‘Notes on Hope’: J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Ulysses Owens Jr. (percussion), Reuben Rogers (string bass), Carol Robbins (harp), Ted Rosenthal (piano), David Rosenthal (guitar), Jalen Baker (vibraphone). San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 28.4.2023. (HS)

Ulysses Oens Jr. © Rayon Richards

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