Mahler’s vision of the Beethoven Ninth excitingly revealed by Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven and Mahler: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), The Bach Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.3.2023. (MB)

Vasily Petrenko (c) Mark McNulty

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Accentus – 30 ans! was a stimulating, refreshing and magnificent Insula Orchestra concert

FranceFrance Accentus, 30 ans!: accentus, Hélène Carpentier (soprano), Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Florian Sempey (baritone),  Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor), Cécile Trelluyer (lighting). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 18.3.2023. (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts accentus and the Insula Orchestra © Julien Benhamou

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Exquisite B Minor Mass from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach: Julia Doyle (soprano), Anna Devin (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Choir of the Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Václav Luks (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.3.2023. (JR)

Václav Luks © Hilary Scott

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