Concert Reviews – Page 31 – Seen and Heard International

A powerful reminder of the stature of Saint-Saëns from Ensemble 360 in Sheffield

03/08/202426/05/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Music in the Round [1] – Sheffield Chamber Music Festival – Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man: Ensemble 360 / George Morton (conductor, L’assassinat du duc de guise). Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 21.5.2024. (CC)

Ensemble 360’s *Saint-Saëns: The Renaissance Man* © Matthew Johnson

Meltzer and Dörken relish the thrill of music making in Dresden

04/06/202426/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [5] – Beethoven, Hannah Ishizaki, Janáček, Fauré: Nathan Meltzer (violin), Danae Dörken (piano). Kronensaal, Schloss Albrechtsberg, Dresden, 23.5.2024. (MC)

Danae Dörken (piano) and Nathan Meltzer (violin) © Dresdner Musikfestspiele

A puzzling Dresden recital of unfamiliar works is outstandingly played by Igor Levit

03/08/202424/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [4] – Hindemith, Mahler, Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Kulturpalast Dresden, 22.5.2024. (MC)

Tomasz Konieczny is a tremendous Wotan in Andreas Homoki’s – better acted than sung – Zurich Die Walküre

05/06/202423/05/2024 by Jim Pritchard

Switzerland Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 20.5.2024. (JPr)

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan) and Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) © Monika Rittershaus

An enjoyable concert from Hélène Grimaud and the Camerata Salzburg at the Dresden Music Festival

03/08/202423/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [3] – Beethoven, R. Schumann, Mendelssohn: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg / Giovanni Guzzo (concertmaster /direction). Kulturpalast Dresden, 20.5.2024. (MC)

Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg, and Giovanni Guzzo (concertmaster) © Oliver Killig

Extreme states: Yuja Wang’s kaleidoscopic recital in Seattle

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Thomas May

United States Various: Yuja Wang (piano). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.5.2024. (TM)

The Lang Lang, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Staatskapelle Dresden concert was the finest I have heard in a long time

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Michael Cookson

Germany Ravel, Debussy: Lang Lang (piano), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2024. (MC)

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden © Markenfotografie-

Reliable singing only partially redeems Stuttgart’s disappointing production of Götterdämmerung

04/06/202422/05/2024 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists and Chorus of Staatsoper Stuttgart. Staatsorchester Stuttgart / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Stuttgart, 16.5.2024. (DM-D)

Christiane Libor (Brünnhilde) and Daniel Kirch (Siegfried) © Matthias Baus

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