United Kingdom St Magnus Festival 2023 [2]: (ST)
From the Hebrides Ensemble at the St Magnus Festival there is that sense of place again; both magical and central
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Italian bass Adolfo Corrado is the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2023
United 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)
The sense of place hits you and makes the St Magnus Festival feel really unique as the music begins.
United Kingdom St Magnus Festival 2023 [1]: (ST)
Superb, joyful Messiaen in Simon Rattle’s final Barbican concert as LSO Music Director
United Kingdom Jolas and Messiaen: Faustine de Monès (soprano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.6.2023. (MB)
Bocheng Wang delivers a fearsome Agosti Firebird in a fine Wigmore Hall recital
United Kingdom Bach, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky (arr. Agosti): Bocheng Wang (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.6.2023. (MBr)
The Hallé Orchestra does Elgar proud in Manchester
United Kingdom Elgar: Sophie Bevan and Gemma Summerfield (sopranos), Alice Coote and Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-sopranos), Ed Lyon and Andrew Staples (tenors), Roderick Williams, David Stout and Ashley Riches (baritones), Clive Bayley (bass), Apostles Chorus from Royal Northern College of Music, Hallé Choir and Associates, London Philharmonic Choir, Ad Solem University Choir, Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10-11.6.2023. (PCG)
Rouvali becomes the Hero in a provocative Ein Heldenleben with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Beethoven and R. Strauss: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 8.6.2023. (MBr)
The Chiaroscuro Quartet’s programme at the Turner Sims: short, but perfectly formed
United Kingdom Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven: Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova, Pablo Hernan Benedi [violin], Emilie Hornlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello]). Turner Sims, Southampton, 4.6.2023. (CK)
