Pärt, Bach and Glass bring the Festival de Música dos Capuchos to a rousing close

PortugalPortugal Festival de Música dos Capuchos [2] – Closing Concert: Jack Liebeck (violin), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra / Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro (piano and conductor). Municipal Theater Joaquim Benite, Almada, 18.6.2023. (LV)

Jack Liebeck and Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro taking their bows © Rita Carmo

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Harlem Chamber Players invite stellar vocal artists for diverse Harlem Songfest II

United StatesUnited States Various, Harlem Songfest II: Terrance McKnight (host), Janinah Burnett (soprano), Jasmine Muhammad (soprano), Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Martin Bakari (tenor), Kenneth Overtone (baritone), Harlem Chamber Players / Damien Sneed (music director). Miller Theater at Columbia University, New York, 9.6.2023. (DS)

Curtain Call for Harlem Songfest II © Bob Curtis

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Italian bass Adolfo Corrado is the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Final of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Nombulelo Yende (soprano), Adolfo Corrado (bass), Jessica Robinson (soprano), Siphokazi Molteno (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ryan Bancroft and Michael Christie (conductors). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 18.6.2023. (PCG)

Adolfo Corrado winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023

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Apollo’s Fire concert in the Ohio countryside packs both charm and substance

United StatesUnited States The Fiddlers of Dublin – An Irish-American Journey (created and directed by Jeannette Sorrell): Fiona Gillespie (vocals, whistle), Sam Kreidenweis (vocals), Susanna Perry Gilmore (fiddle), Caitlin Hedge (fiddle), Emi Tanabe (fiddle), Ian Crane (bagpipes, vocals, whistle), Tina Bergmann (hammered dulcimer), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (director, harpsichord). Mapleside Farms, Brunswick, Ohio, 13.6.2023. (MSJ)

Soloists and ensemble of The Fiddlers of Dublin © Apollo’s Fire

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