Finland Helsinki Festival 2022 [3] – Szymanowski; Tchaikovsky; Brahms: Daniil Trifonov (piano). Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland, 2.9.2022. (GF)
Magic pianism by Danill Trifonov at the Helsinki Festival
Festival 2022
Riveting playing and an entertaining baroque performance at the Helsinki Festival
Finland Helsinki Festival 2022 [2] – Vivaldi, Francesconi, Movio, Sciarrino, Stroppa, Cattaneo, Sollima: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini (conductor). Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland 1.9.2022. (GF)
Igor Levit performs an illuminating and unforgettable Busoni Piano Concerto at Berlin’s Musikfest
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [6] – Schoenberg, Busoni: Igor Levit (pianist), Orchestre e Coro dell Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 5.9.2022, and livestreamed on the Digital Concert Hall. (GT)
An outstanding performance from Yarn/Wire at the TIME:SPANS new music festival
United States TIME:SPANS Festival 2022: Yarn/Wire (Laura Barger & Julia Den Boer [piano], Russell Greenberg & Sae Hashimoto [percussion]). DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 24.8.2022. (DS)
Fascinating Bruckner Proms evening from the Berlin Phil, also notable for its stunning Schnittke
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [27], Prom 65 – Schnittke, Bruckner: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Harding (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2022. (CC)
Lahav Shani conducts an outstandingly memorable Mahler’s First Symphony at Berlin’s Musikfest
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [5] – Ligeti, Pijper, Mahler: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 4.9.2022, and livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)
Memorable charity concert in Helsinki for the benefit of Ukraine
Finland Helsinki Festival 2022 – Penderecki, Mahler, Azarova, Mozart: Helena Juntunen (soprano), Tuija Knihtilä (mezzo-soprano), Tuomas Katajala (tenor), Arttu Kataja (baritone), Music Centre Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Music Centre, Helsinki 31.8.2022. (GF)
Kevin John Edusei and his Chineke! forces at the Proms send Beethoven’s call to us all
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [26], Prom 61 – Walker, Beethoven: Nicole Cabell (soprano), Raehann Bryce-Davis (mezzo-soprano), Zwakele Tshabalala (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Chineke! Voices, Chineke! Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Recorded (directed by Seren Irvine) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2022, and broadcast on BBC Four. (JPr)
