At the Montréal Chamber Music Festival, Transcendence from Brott and Lisiecki
26/06/2017
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin: Denis Brott (cello), Jan Lisiecki (piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)
Jan Liesecki and Denis Brott (c) Victor Brott
Lise Davidsen is Imperious in Katharina Thoma’s Comic and Profound Ariadne auf Naxos
26/06/2017
Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos – Glyndebourne Festival 2017 [1]: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Glyndebourne, East Sussex. 25.6.2017. (JPr)
Lise Davidsen (Prima Donna/Ariadne) & Nicholas Folwell (Major-Domo) (c) Robert Workman
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s CBSO make Petrushka ‘Snap and Fizz’
26/06/2017
Aldeburgh Festival [2] – Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Trio Isimsiz (Michael Petrov, cello; Erdem Misirlioglu, piano; Pablo Hernan Benedi, violin); City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Aldeburgh Music Festival, 18.6.2017. (CF) Read more
Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Concert Hall Celebration
18/06/2017
Aldeburgh Festival 2017 [1} – Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), The Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk 12.6.2017. (MH)
Aldeburgh Festtival 2017 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c) Hugo Glendinning
Handel’s Semele at Garsington: Unusual Production, Glorious Performance
07/06/2017
Handel, Semele: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Jonathan Cohen (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, Buckinghamshire, 3.6.2017. (CR)
Heidi Stober (Semele) and Christine Rice ( Juno) in Semele © Johan Persson
Garsington Opera’s Rough-edged yet Consistent Interpretation of Le nozze di Figaro
06/06/2017
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Douglas Boyd, Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2017. (CR)
Jennifer France (Susanna) & Joshua Bloom (Figaro) in Le nozze di Figaro (c) Mark Douet
A Well-Contrasted and Well-Planned BBCNOW Concert Concludes the Vale of Glamorgan Festival
31/05/2017
Vale of Glamorgan Festival [2] – Adams, Fitkin, Watkins: Sophie Westbrooke (recorder), Paul Watkins (cello), Apollon Musagète Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tecwyn Evans (conductor). Vale of Glamorgan Festival at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 26.5.2017. (PCG) Read more
Songs by Vaughan Williams Enhanced by Sensitive Orchestrations
26/05/2017
Chipping Campden Festival [2] – Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius: Roderick Williams (baritone); Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra / Thomas Hull (conductor), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 25.5.2017 (JQ)
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