Festival 2022 – Page 6 – Seen and Heard International

Sir John Eliot Gardiner directs a sublime Missa solemnis at Berlin’s Musikfest

13/12/202202/09/2022 by Gregor Tassie

Germany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [2] – Beethoven: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Anna Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Giovanni Sala (tenor), William Thomas (bass), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 31.8.2022, and live-streamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Beethoven’s Missa solemnis © Fabian Schellhorn

OAE’s use of period instruments was a continual delight in Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Proms

31/08/2022 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [24], Prom 57 – Bach’s Mass in B minor: Rachel Redmond, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / John Butt (harpsichord/conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2022. (CK)

John Butt conducts the OAE from the harpsichord © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Vivaldis Tod in Wien is a remarkable evening from Kopatchinskaja and Il Giardino Armonico

31/08/2022 by Colin Clarke

Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival – Vivaldis Tod in Wien: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini (recorder/conductor). Saanen Church, 26.8.2022. (CC)

Giovanni Antonini conducts l Giardino Armonico

Young talent competes for prizes in the finale of the 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice

31/08/2022 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice: Competition Finale: Hannah O’Brien (soprano), Heather Sammon (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Owen Lucas (tenor), David Kennedy (baritone), Tristan Russcher (piano), Doireann O’Carroll (piano). Church of the Immaculate Conception, Glenarm, 28.8.2022. (RB)

The five finalists and pianist selected for NI Opera’s, 12th Glenarm Festival of Voice © Declan Roughan

This BBC SO concert with Lozakovich at the Proms had an only too rare high artistic quality

31/08/202230/08/2022 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [23], Prom 51 – Lalo, Brahms, Franck: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2022. (MBr)

Fabien Gabel conducts the BBC SO © Sisi Burn

Katya Kabanova in Salzburg

02/09/202230/08/2022 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Janáček, Katya Kabanova: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 26.8.2022. (MB)

Salzburg Festival’s *Katya Kabanova*: Corinne Winters (Katěrina/Káťa) © SF/Monika Rittershaus

Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw opens Musikfest Berlin with an outstanding Mahler Sixth Symphony

30/08/2022 by Gregor Tassie

Germany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [1] – Saariaho, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 28.8.2022, and livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam © Fabian Schellhorn

All the ingredients of great Schubert playing from Douglas at Clandeboye Festival 2022

29/08/2022 by Robert Beattie

United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2022 [2] – Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Schubert: Barry Douglas (piano). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 25.8.2022. (RB)

Page 6 of 17
<
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
...
17
>