Concert Reviews – Page 14 – Seen and Heard International

The Takács Quartet pack a mighty punch in Edinburgh, though there is a little too much Esfahani baroque

17/08/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [9]: Takács Quartet (16.8), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord, 17.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16 & 17.8.2024. (SRT)

The Takács Quartet in Queen’s Hall © Andrew Perry

A micro-managed Salzburg Mahler Ninth from Andris Nelsons and the VPO was fine, how could it not be?

16/08/2024 by Jim Pritchard

Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Mahler, Symphony No.9: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Leopold Knötzl) from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 11.8.2024 and available on STAGE+. (JPr)

Andris Nelsons conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg

Celebrating 40 years of free, top-notch music in Sun Valley

15/08/2024 by Rick Perdian

United States Sun Valley Music Festival [1]: Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho, 11 & 12.8.2024. (RP)

Ann Choomack (flute), Erik Behr (oboe), Andrew Cuneo (bassoon), Elizabeth Freimuth (horn), Susan Warner (clarinet) © Dev Khalsa/SVMF

Apollo’s Fire rediscovers and reinterprets Vivaldi in Ohio

15/08/2024 by Mark S Jordan

United States ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered’ – Various: Alan Choo (violin), Kathie Stewart (traverso), Ellen Saurer Tanyeri (traverso), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Akron, Ohio, 13.8.2024. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire at Bath Church ©Apollo’s Fire

Sheku is inspired by Bach and Ilumina are refreshingly new in Edinburgh

15/08/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [8]: 14.8.2024. (SRT)

Ilumina’s *In the Light of Shadow* at Usher Hall © Jess Shurte

Two conducting debuts lead to memorable musical moments at Tanglewood

15/08/2024 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [11]: Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, 10 & 11.8.2024. (ES-S)

Leila Josefowicz and Dalia Stasevska bow at Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

Nurturing tomorrow’s virtuosos: The Carl Flesch Academy experience

15/08/202414/08/2024 by Laurence Vittes

Germany Carl Flesch International Competition – Concertos and Chamber Music Rounds: 17 candidates (violin, viola, cello, double bass). Baden-Baden, Germany, 12, 13 and 14.7.2024. (LV)

Lauren Yoon playing Korngold at the Carl Flesch Academy concerto finals © Jörg Bongartz

Historically informed EIF Queen’s Hall performances of chamber music: you can feel it in the gut

13/08/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [7]: Chiaroscuro Quartet (12.08), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano and Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (13.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12 & 13.8.2024. (SRT)

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