United States Aspen Music Festival [6]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony and Aspen friends top the week’s efforts
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Three recitals with the Consone Quartet, Music at Paxton’s Associate Ensemble
United Kingdom Music at Paxton – Summer Festival of Chamber Music 2024 [3]: Picture Gallery, Paxton House, Scottish Borders, 20 & 21.7.2024. (MC)
With a highly committed Stabat Mater, the Three Choirs Festival does Stanford proud
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [1] – Grace-Evangeline Mason, Holst, Stanford: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Themba Mvula (baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Worcester Cathedral Choristers, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor) Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.2024. (JQ)
A Verdi Requiem at the BBC Proms potent with operatic theatricality
United Kingdom PROM 6 – Verdi, Requiem: Latonia Moore (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), SeokJong Baek (tenor), Solomon Howard (bass), Crouch End Festival Chorus (chorus master: David Temple), BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorus master: Adrian Partington), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Recorded live (directed by Alison Bartrop) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2024. (JPr)
Tempi and time interact on Salzburg’s extraordinary musical journey in Grisey’s Le Noir de l’Étoile
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [2] – Grisey, Le Noir de l’Étoile: Motus Percussion (Christoph Sietzen, Leonhard Schmidinger, Nico Gerstmayer, Akisato Takeo, Miguel Llorente Gil, Lorenzo Manquillet). Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, 24.7.2024. (MB)
A fine concert performance of Haas’s Koma at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [1] – Haas, Koma: Soloists, Klangforum Wien, Bas Wiegers (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 24.7.2024. (MB)
Olga Kern and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra triumph at Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium
United States Colorado Music Festival 2024 [1] – Various: Olga Kern (piano), Kabin Thomas (narrator), Colorado Festival Orchestra / Gemma New (director). Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado, 19.7.2024. (DS)
A quartet of conductors celebrate Beethoven at Verbier
Switzerland Verbier Festival 2024 – Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Klaus Mäkelä (cello), Lahav Shani (piano), Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland, 23.7.2024. (LV)
