Sweden Dala-Floda Operafest [2] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Håkapellet (Ola Ottosson [piano], Jonas Lindgård [violin], Christian Sahlin [cello]). Björbo Opera House. Dala Floda, 5.8.2019. (GF)
Burlesque Le nozze di Figaro at Dala-Floda
Festival 2019
Kendal Sees and Hears Raphael Wallfisch as Still ‘a Master at Work’
United Kingdom Lake District Summer Music [2] – Barrière, Beethoven, Martinů, Clarke, Mendelssohn: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Kristiana Ignatjeva (second cello). St. Thomas’s Church, Kendal, Cumbria, 8.8.2019. (MC)
Exciting Music-Making from the Marmen Quartet at the Fringe
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 [2] – ROSL Roundup: Royal Overseas League at the Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh, 9.8.2019. (SRT)
Entertaining Merry Widow at Dala-Floda
Sweden Dala-Floda Operafest [1] – Lehár, The Merry Widow: Soloists, Dala-Floda Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Jonas Lindgård (conductor). Björbo Opera House. Dala Floda, 4.8.2019. (GF)
Sol Gabetta’s Exquisite Performance of Weinberg’s Cello Concerto at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Prom 25 – Sibelius, Weinberg, Tchaikovsky: Sol Gabetta (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.8.2019. (AK)
At Edinburgh, the Kanneh-Mason Siblings Impress and are a Great Pairing
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2019 [4] – Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Debussy, Fauré, Mendelssohn: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 7.8.2019. (SRT)
Rossini on the Fringe has Fizzing Enzembles and a Genial Atmosphere
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 [1] – Rossini, Il Signor Brushino: Cambridge University Opera Society / Jamie Conway (musical director), St Cuthbert’s Church (Venue 122), 5.8.2019. (SRT)
Marmen Quartet at the 2019 Lake District Summer Music
United Kingdom Lake District Summer Music [1] – Haydn, Ligeti, Brahms: Marmen Quartet (Johannes Marmen [violin], Ricky Gore [violin], Bryony Gibson-Cornish [viola], Steffan Morris [cello]), Hélène Clément [viola], Bartholomew LaFollette [cello]. St. Thomas’s Church, Kendal, Cumbria, 5.8.2019. (MC)