A most thoughtfully constructed sequence of Visions of Childhood from Monmouth

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Visions of Childhood Wagner, Humperdinck, Schubert, Mahler: April Fredrik (soprano), English Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Woods (conductor). Filmed in Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, relayed via the ESO’s YouTube channel, 16.10.2020. (JQ)

April Fredrik (soprano), ESO and Kenneth Woods (conductor)

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Bostridge sings Bach and Britten at Oxford Lieder

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [3] – J.S. Bach, Britten: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano), Oxford Bach Soloists / Thomas Hammond-Davies (conductor). Merton College Chapel (live stream), 14.10.2020. (CS)

Ian Bostridge, Oxford Bach Soloists, & Thomas Hammond-Davies (conductor)
in Merton College Chapel

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Time-travelling Gothic melodrama from Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton at the Oxford Lieder Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [2]: Six Songs of Melmouth – Schubert, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Satie, Poldowski, Walton: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford (live stream), 13.10.2020. (CS)

Joseph Middleton and Carolyn Sampson (photo courtesy of Oxford Lieder Festival)

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‘Hafez in Song’: Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake at the Oxford Lieder Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [1]: The Western-Eastern Divan – Schubert, Henze, Wolf, Mahler: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford (live stream), 11.10.2020. (CS)

Ian Bostridge (photo courtesy of Oxford Lieder Festival)

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Louise Alder and Roger Vignoles bring a sophisticated programme of songs at Wigmore Hall to life

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Fanny Mendelssohn, Berg, Bizet, Poulenc, Satie: Louise Alder (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), with Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone, Les mamelles de Tirésias). Wigmore Hall, 9.10.2020, reviewed on Wigmore Hall’s YouTube. (CC)

Louise Alder (soprano) and Roger Vignoles (piano)

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It hurts that we cannot sit in the Usher Hall to see them but at least the RSNO is performing

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Saint-Georges, Beethoven: Maya Iwabuchi (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Live-streamed from the RSNO Centre Glasgow, 9.10.2020. (SRT)

Thomas Søndergård and the RSNO

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