United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [7]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. [HS]
At Aspen: Bavouzet played Ravel with style and the orchestra excelled in unforgettable movie music
Festival 2023
Hollywood and havoc from Gluzman, Gimeno and the BBC SO at the 2023 Proms
United Kingdom Prom 20 – Hermann, Korngold, Prokofiev: Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2023. (JC)
The International Chamber Music Academy at Ochsenhausen comes up gold at Bad Buchau’s Goldener Saal
Germany Second International Chamber Music Academy at the Landesakademie in Ochsenhausen [3]: in partnership with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Faculty members Matthias Buchholz (viola), Hillel Zori (cello), Zora Slokar (French horn), Elina Gotsouliak (piano), and students. Goldener Saal, Bad Buchau, 16.7.2023. (LV)
Elgar’s The Apostles is a richly rewarding end to the 2023 Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2023 [11] – Elgar: Philippa Boyle (soprano – Virgin Mary), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano – Mary Magdalene), Michael Bell (tenor – St John), John Savournin (bass-baritone – Judas), James Geidt (baritone – St Peter), Dingle Yandell (bass-baritone – Jesus), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral 29.7.2023. (JQ)
A misguided repertoire choice for the debut of the Three Choirs Festival Voices
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [10] – Vaughan Williams, Fitkin: James Hall (countertenor), Dominic Sedgwick (baritone), Samuel West (narrator), Worcester Cathedral Choristers, Three Choirs Festival Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 28.7.2023. (JQ)
At Paxton: Paul Lewis’s Schubert and ‘An Entertainment’ from Rowan Pierce and Christopher Glynn
Music at Paxton – Summer Festival of Chamber Music 2023 [3]: (MC)
22.7.2023 – Paul Lewis (piano), Picture Gallery, Paxton House, Berwickshire, Scotland
Revealing light shone on a contemporary of Bach at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2023 [9] – Stölzel: Selene Consort, Corelli Orchestra / Warwick Cole (director). Cirencester Parish Church, 28.7.2023. (JQ)
A fine account of the St John Passion at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2023 [8] – Bach: Soloists, Three Cathedral Choirs, Corelli Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 27.7.2023. (JQ)
