Italy Lerici Music Festival’s Sir John and Sir Bryn – Verdi, Falstaff (excerpts, concert performance): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and soloists, Orchestra della Magna Grecia / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Teatro all’Aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, 6.8.2022 (CC)
Concert Reviews
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Composer and violist Brett Dean at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [8] – Richard Strauss, Dean, Brahms: Hebrides Ensemble / Brett Dean (conductor & viola). Queen’s Hall, 20.8.2022. (SRT)
Beautifully conducted Don Giovanni and a meaningful baritone recital stand out in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival [12]: (HS)
Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh make a case for Winterreise as the greatest work of art ever
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [7] – Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, 19.8.2022. (SRT)
One Night, Two Concerts: Payare’s two very different OSM programmes, two different audiences
Canada |One Night, Two Concerts: The OSM and Rafael Payare: Sergio Tiempo (piano), James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Maison symphonique, Montréal, Canada, 6.30pm and 8.15pm, 12.8.2022 (CC)
Golda Schultz shows a determination at Edinburgh for women’s voices to be heard
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [6] – This Be Her Verse: Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano). Queen’s Hall, 17.8.2022. (SRT)
A joyous – if sonically challenged – evening with the OSM at Olympic Park
Canada The Many Colours of the Americas: The OSM at Olympic Park: Montréal Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (author), Jeremy Dutcher (singer), Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Pacho Flores (trumpets). Orchestre symphonique de Montréal / Rafael Payare (conductor). Olympic Park, Montréal, 10.8.2022. (CC)
Joyce Yang’s Prokofiev concerto stands out in a weekend of crowd-pleasers
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [11]: (HS)