United Kingdom Keble Early Music Festival [1] – Vivaldi: Adrian Chandler (director/violin), La Serenissima. Keble College Chapel, Oxford, 21.2.2019. (CR)
Festival 2019
Sladkovsky Conducts the TNSO in Diverse Repertoire at La Folle Journée de Nantes 2019
France Grieg, Glazunov, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate: Diana Tischenko (violin), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Raquel Camarinha (soprano), Sirba Octet, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Nantes, 5.2.2019. (GT)
Wide-Ranging New Music Festival Adds Luster to the Vancouver Symphony’s Centenary Celebrations
Canada 2019 VSO New Music Festival: Nathalie Paulin (soprano), Vern Griffiths (percussion), New York Polyphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor), Orpheum Theatre and Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 16-19.1.2019. (GN)
Garsington Opera’s 2019 30th Anniversary Season
30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON: FOUR NEW PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING AN OFFENBACH PREMIERE
Garsington Opera’s 30th anniversary season will feature four new productions – the UK stage premiere of Offenbach’s Fantasio, Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and finally Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. The season culminates with concert performances of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, celebrating the start of a partnership with The English Concert. The season runs from 29 May to 26 July.
Ensemble Modern’s SoundState Festival Concerts Stimulate the Ears and the Mind
United Kingdom SoundState Festival – Gedizlioğlu, Abbasi, Grütter, Fure, Žuraj, and Saunders: Paul Cannon (double bass), Juliet Fraser (soprano), Ensemble Modern, Vimbayi Kaziboni (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 19.1.2019. (MB)
Resolution 2019’s Opening Triple Bill Explores Myriad Themes
United Kingdom Resolution 2019 – Void, Blacklist, No Sudden Moves: The Place, London, 11.1.2019. (J.O’D)
Clara Schumann Festival at St John’s Smith Square – 22 to 24 February 2019
Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth
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David Greilsammer’s Thought-Provoking Juxtaposition of Scarlatti and Cage
United Kingdom Baroque at the Edge [1] – Scarlatti and Cage: David Greilsammer (piano and prepared piano). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, London, 4.1.2019. (MB)