Joyce DiDonato Master Classes: passion and drama from five extraordinary young singers

United StatesUnited States Joyce DiDonato Master Classes: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with Anchal Indu Dhir (soprano), Marissa Moultrie (soprano), Rael Rent (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Barasa (tenor), Łukasz Zientarski (baritone), Justina Lee and Ken Noda (piano). Weill Music Room/Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall, New York, 11-13.12.2022. (RP)

Lawrence Barasa (tenor) and Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) © Chris Lee

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Terrific, life-enhancing Kings Place performance from Anna Lapwood and choristers of Pembroke College

United KingdomUnited Kingdom A Ceremony of Carols: Esther Beyer (harp), Alex Macqueen (narrator), Girls’ Choir and Chapel Choir of Pembroke College / Anna Lapwood (conductor). Kings Place, London, 9.12.2022 (CC)

Girls’ Choir and Chapel Choir of Pembroke College with Anna Lapwood (centre)

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Apollo’s Fire makes Handel’s Messiah a Christmas miracle in Ohio

United StatesUnited States Handel, Messiah: Sonya Headlam, Erica Schuller (sopranos), Amanda Crider (mezzo-soprano), Steven Caldicott Wilson (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 8.12.2022. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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