Salonen and Sellars effectively link Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with Symphony of Psalms

United StatesUnited States Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex, Symphony of Psalms: Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 11.6.2022. (HS)

(l-r) Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts, Sean Pannikar (Oedipus), Willard White (Creon), Lauren Jenkins and Breezy Leigh (Oedipus’s daughters) (c) Kristen Loken

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Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony brings the RSNO season to a glorious finale

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Capperauld, Liddell: Katherine Bryan (flute), Finlay MacDonald (bagpipes), Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Stephanie Maitland (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Božidar Smiljanić (bass-baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 4.6.2022. (GT)

Thomas Søndergård conducts the RSNO (c) James Montgomery

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Ludovic Morlot returns to Seattle to lead a moving performance of a Messiaen rarity

United StatesUnited States Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles…: Steven Osborne (piano), Jeffrey Fair (horn), Deborah O’Grady (videos), Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Ludovic Morlot (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 4.6.2022. (ZC)

Ludovic Morlot conducts Messiaen’s From the Canyons to the Stars … © James Holt

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