France Couperin – Leçons de Ténèbres: Ana Vieira Leite, Adèle Carlier (sopranos); Orchestre de l’Opéra-Royal / Gaétan Jarry (conductor / keyboards). Chapelle Royale, Versailles, 5.4.2023. (CC)
Concert Reviews
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Dramatic grasp and drive from Shokhakimov’s concert performance of Carmen in Strasbourg
France Bizet, Carmen (concert performance): Soloists, Maïtrise de l’Opéra National du Rhin, Chorus of the Opéra National du Rhin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Salle Érasme, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, 4.4.2023. (CC)
Auckland Youth Orchestra rides tandem with Sistema Whangarei in an unforgettable performance
New Zealand Shostakovich, Dvořák, Hardiman, Meyer: Shangrong Feng (piano), Sistema Whangarei (guest artists*). Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor). Anglican Church, Whangarei, New Zealand, 1.4.2023. (PSe)
Iron hand in velvet glove: Garrick Ohlsson brings discipline and delicacy to Chopin
United Kingdom Chopin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.4.2023. (CSa)
Exotic sounds from soprano Fatma Said and guitarist Rafael Aguirre at Carnegie Hall
United States Various: Fatma Said (soprano), Rafael Aguirre (guitar). Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 4.3.2023. (RP)
Haydn’s Nelson Mass arrives in Cardiff under full sail
United Kingdom Rebel, Purcell, Haydn: Anna Dennis (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Edward Hawkins (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 6.4.2023. (PCG)
Jérémie Rhorer fails to penetrate to the heart of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
Germany Berlin Festtage [3] – Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Anna Kissjudit (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), René Pape (bass), Staatsopern Chor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Jérémie Rhorer (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 7.4.2023. (MB)
LSO and Noseda: scaling the heights of optimism and plummeting the depths of despair
United Kingdom Beethoven and Shostakovich: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass), London Symphony Orchestra, Tenors and Basses of the London Symphony Chorus and London Philharmonic Choir (chorus master: Aiden Oliver) / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 3.4.2023. (CSa)