A Welcome Edinburgh Recital from Christiane Karg
21/08/2019
Edinburgh International Festival [11] – Schubert: Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 21.8.2019. (SRT)
Christiane Karg © Gisela Schenker
Belshazzar’s Feast Crowns Simon Rattle’s Splendidly Innovative Prom Programme
21/08/2019
BBC PROM 44 – Koechlin, Varèse and Walton: Gerald Finley (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, Orfeó Català, Orfeó Català Youth Choir, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2019. (AS)
Gerald Finley (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Yo-Yo Ma and a Holiday for Horns at Tanglewood
20/08/2019
Tanglewood [8] – Schumann, Brahms: Richard Sebring, Michael Winter, Rachel Childers and Jason Snider (horns), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 18.8.2019. (RP)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), François-Xavier Roth (conductor) & the BSO © Hilary Scott
Doric String Quartet Give European Premiere of Brett Dean’s New Third Quartet
20/08/2019
Edinburgh International Festival [10] – Haydn, Dean, Brahms: Doric String Quartet, Brett Dean (viola), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20.8.2019. (SRT)
Doric String Quartet © George Garnier
A Delightful and Thought-Provoking Mozart-Matinee in Salzburg
20/08/2019
Salzburg Festival [5] – Mozart, Paisiello, Salieri, and Martín y Soler: Claire de Sévigné, Siobhan Stagg (sopranos), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Robert Gleadow (bass), Choir of Soloists from the Young Artists’ Project, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 18.8.2019. (MB)
Mozart-Matinee (c) Salzburger Festspiele/Marco Borrelli
François-Xavier Roth Brings Intimacy and Beauty to Schumann and Brahms at Tanglewood
20/08/2019
Tanglewood [7] – Brahms, Schumann: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 17.8.2019. (RP)
François-Xavier Roth (conductor) and Kirill Gerstein (piano) © Hilary Scott
A Deeply Frustrating Salzburg Festival Concert from Camerata Salzburg and Lorenzo Viotti
19/08/2019
Salzburg Festival [4] – Bartók, Weber, Koncz, and Kodály: Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Camerata Salzburg / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 17.8.2019. (MB) Read more
Exalted Singing in Handel and Purcell at the Close of the 2019 Vancouver Bach Festival
19/08/2019
Vancouver Bach Festival [4 & 5] – Handel, Corelli, Locke, Blow, Purcell: Christ Church Cathedral and Chan Center, Vancouver, 7/9.8.2019. (GN)
Soprano Amanda Forsythe with Pacific MusicWorks directed by Stephen Stubbs © Jan Gates
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