Dresden Music Festival 2014 – Seen and Heard International

Informed Bach Performances by Collegium Vocale Gent

25/06/201420/06/2014 by Stan

Dresden Music Festival

Germany Germany Johann Sebastian Bach & Johann Michael Bach: Dorothee Mields (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Barockorchester des Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe (director), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 10.6.2014 (MC)

Collegium Vocale Gent© Michiel Hendryckx

Memorable Tribute to Claudio Abbado in Dresden’s Frauenkirche

25/06/201417/06/2014 by Stan

Dresden Music Festival 2014

Germany Germany Germany Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado – Mahler, Wagner & Schumann: Waltraud Meier(mezzo-soprano), René Pape (bass), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany, Monday 9th June 2014

Superlative Singing and First Class Playing in Brahms’ Requiem

17/06/201415/06/2014 by Stan

United Kingdom Brahms, Haydn: Gisela Stille (soprano), John Lundgren (baritone), BBC National Chorus of Wales, National Youth Choir of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 13.6.2014 (PCG)

Chailly and Gewandhaus Orchestra Display Adroitness of Touch

17/06/201415/06/2014 by Stan

Dresden Music Festival 2014
Germany Germany Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly, Semperoper, Dresden, 9.6.2014 (MC)

Riccardo Chially © Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI)

Great Singing in Missa Solemnis but Period Orchestra Lacks Cohesion

17/06/201413/06/2014 by Stan

Dresden Music Festival 2014 Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Richard Croft (tenor) & Yorck Felix Speer (bass), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Dresdner Festspielorchester/Ivor Bolton (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 8.6.2014. Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 At last year’s Dresden Music Festival I attended a concert of Baroque music by the Dresdner Festspielorchester under Ivor Bolton at the … Read more

Dreadful Acoustic Mars Fascinating American Themed Recital

10/06/201408/06/2014 by Stan

Ravel, Gershwin, Antheil, Korngold, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Yura Lee (violin), Wu Han (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Kristin Lee (violin), Richard O’Neill (viola), David Finckel (cello), Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden, Thursday 5.6.2014 (MC)

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center © Tristan Cook

Concentration and Unity from Frankfurt Based Orchestra

10/06/201406/06/2014 by Stan

Brahms, Bruckner: Hilary Hahn (violin),HR-Sinfonieorchester/Paavo Järvi, Semperoper, Dresden, Tuesday 4.6.2014 (MC)