Italy Nilson, Cifariello Ciardi, Gervasoni, Battistelli, Sani: Ivo Nilson (trombone), Antonio Caggiano (percussion). Nuova Consonanza Festival, La Pelanda, Rome, 14.12.2021. (GP)
Contemporary music and a world premiere in Rome
Festival 2021
VOCES8’s ‘A Christmas Cracker’ is full of festive musical treats
United Kingdom LIVE FROM LONDON CHRISTMAS 2021 – ‘A Christmas Cracker’: VOCES8, VOCES8 Foundation Choir; VOCES8 Orchestra / Barnaby Smith (conductor) with Jack Liebeck (guest leader/soloist), Tamsin Greig, Richard Leaf (narrators), plus Young Performer Spotlight performance from Barnsley Youth Choir. Broadcast from St Jude’s Church, Hampstead and VOCES8 Centre, London, 4.12.2021. (CC)
Wexford Festival Opera’s enjoyable revival of Goldmark’s Ein Wintermärchen
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera [3] – Goldmark, Ein Wintermärchen (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Andrew Synnott) and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Marcus Bosch (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 21.10.2021. (RB)
Olivia Boen and Robin Tritschler complement each other in Oxford’s concert of bold and enriching contrast
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [5] – Various, To the Distant Beloved: Olivia Boen (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Dylan Perez and Roger Vignoles (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 22.10.2021 (CR)
Welcome revival of Ambroise Thomas’s Le Songe d’une nuit d’été in Wexford
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2021 [2] – Ambroise Thomas, Le Songe d’une nuit d’été: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 20.10.2021. (RB)
Catalani’s Edmea gets the Wexford Festival off to a good start
Ireland Wexford Festival Opera 2021 [1] – Catalani, Edmea: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). O’Reilly Theatre, Wexford, 19.10.2021. (RB)
Mahler is the highlight of Marta Fontanals-Simmons and Sholto Kynoch’s memorable recital at Oxford
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [4]: Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano) and Sholto Kynoch (piano). Performed at St John the Evangelist, Oxford, 21.10.2021 and livestreamed by TallWall Media (directed by Simon Wall). (JPr)
Nicholas Phan and Brooklyn Rider find meaning in song at PIVOT
United States Various, PIVOT Festival [1]: Nicholas Phan (tenor), Brooklyn Rider (Johnny Gandelsman, Colin Jacobsen [violins], Nicholas Cords [viola], Michael Nicolas [cello]). Presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 21.10.2021. (HS)
