Hip hop provides a fun jolt in San Francisco Symphony’s season opener

United StatesUnited States Various: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Kev Choice (hip-hop artist), Anthony Veneziale (Two-Touch), Hila Plitmann (soprano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.9.2023. (HS)

Red lighting and a projection enhance Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with baritone Simon Keenlyside and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen © Drew Altizer Photography

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Sonic and visual spectacle: Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony is the LPO’s season opener

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Sally Matthews (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Choir (artistic director: Neville Creed), Members of the BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 23.9.2023. (JR)

Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

 

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Sir Simon Rattle opens his Munich tenure with a radiant rendering of Haydn’s Creation

GermanyGermany Haydn, The Creation (Die Schöpfung): Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Chorus of Bavarian Radio (chorus master: Peter Dijkstra), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulesaal, Munich, 21.9.2023. (ALL)

Sir Simon Rattle © Astrid Ackermann

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