LSO closes its season with rarely performed Shostakovich and ever-popular rousing Carmina Burana

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich, Orff: Christina Poulitsi (soprano), Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor), Elliot Madore (baritone), Tiffin Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Mariana Rosas), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 25.6.2024. (JR)

Sunnyboy Dladla (tenor) and Christina Poulitsi (soprano) during Carmina Burana © Andy Paradise

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Outstanding music-making in the opening concert of Chicago’s 2024 Grant Park Music Festival 

United StatesUnited States Grant Park Music Festival [1] – Elgar, Holst: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lauren Decker (contralto), Grant Park Music Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Carlos Kalmar (conductor). Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, 15.6.2024. (JLZ)

Carlos Kalmar conducts contralto Lauren Decker in Holst’s The Cloud Messenger © Charles Osgood

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