Festival 2019

A Delightful and Thought-Provoking Mozart-Matinee in Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [5] – Mozart, Paisiello, Salieri, and Martín y Soler: Claire de Sévigné, Siobhan Stagg (sopranos), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Mauro Peter (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Robert Gleadow (bass), Choir of Soloists from the Young Artists’ Project, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 18.8.2019. (MB)

Mozart-Matinee (c) Salzburger Festspiele/Marco Borrelli

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François-Xavier Roth Brings Intimacy and Beauty to Schumann and Brahms at Tanglewood

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United StatesUnited States Tanglewood [7] – Brahms, Schumann: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 17.8.2019. (RP)

François-Xavier Roth (conductor) and Kirill Gerstein (piano) © Hilary Scott

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Exalted Singing in Handel and Purcell at the Close of the 2019 Vancouver Bach Festival

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CanadaCanada Vancouver Bach Festival [4 & 5] – Handel, Corelli, Locke, Blow, Purcell: Christ Church Cathedral and Chan Center, Vancouver, 7/9.8.2019. (GN)

Soprano Amanda Forsythe with Pacific MusicWorks directed by Stephen Stubbs © Jan Gates

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Martyn Brabbins Authoritatively Conducts the Hallé in Elgar’s The Kingdom

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Elgar: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: Aidan Oliver), Hallé / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2019. (SRT)

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