United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [9], Prom 16 – Doreen Carwithen, Grace Williams, Vaughan Williams: Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Andrew Manze (conductor). Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, (directed by Rhodri Huw) and now available on BBC iPlayer, 27.7.2022. (JPr)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Eclectic and imaginatively conceived Transformations programme at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2022 [4] – Bach (arr. Stravinsky), Finzi, Britten, Poulenc: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 29.7.2022. (JQ)
Cliburn competition winner’s puzzling debut at Aspen, and a Sound of Music that scores
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [8]: (HS)
Sibelius Reflected: Fenella Humphreys and Joseph Tong at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2022 [3] – Phibbs, Sibelius, Matthews, Rautavaara, Frances-Hoad: Fenella Humphreys (violin), Joseph Tong (piano). Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 27.7.2022. (CS)
Nelsons’ Tanglewood Mahler Fifth tops another exciting weekend of music in the Berkshires
United States Tanglewood 2022 [4]: Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox. (RP)
The Three Choirs Festival does George Dyson’s Quo Vadis proud
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2022 [2] – Dyson: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), James Oxley (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 25.7.2022. (JQ)
Bryn Terfel and Patrick Summers kickstart a lively, semi-staged Falstaff at Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [7]: (HS)
With the CBSO at the BBC Proms, Kazuki Yamada proves what a dynamic and talented conductor he is
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [8], Prom 14 – Glinka, Smyth, Rachmaninoff: Elena Urioste (violin), Ben Goldscheider (horn), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2022. (MBr)