Unforgettable Thaxted recital: place, music, Chance and Carr in perfect congruence

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2025 [2] – Love and Loss: Music for Countertenor & Lute: Songs by Dowland, Danyel, Rosseter, Campion, Purcell, Blow and Cynthia Harper. Alexander Chance (countertenor), Toby Carr (lute). Thaxted Parish Church, 22.6.2025. (CC)

Toby Carr (lute) and Alexander Chance (countertenor)

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Voices lead the way in Verdi’s Requiem at San Francisco Symphony’s season-ender

United StatesUnited States Verdi, Mozart, Getty: Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Mario Chang (tenor), Morris Robinson (bass), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Symphony / James Gaffigan (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 20.6.2025 (HS)

James Gaffigan conducts soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen (left), mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton and the SFS in Verdi’s Requiem © Kristen Loken

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