United Kingdom Delius, Howells, Milford, Holst, Blackwood, Ireland: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Peter Cartwright (piano). Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 27.5.2023. (CS)
English Violin Sonatas in Dorchester Abbey
Festival 2023
Passion, energy and joy at the Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2023
United Kingdom Various: James Gilchrist (tenor), Huw Watkins (piano), David Adams, Lucy Gould, Maia Cabeza (violin), James Toll (violin/viola), Elliot Kempton, Ting-Ru Lai (viola), Kate Gould, Tim Posner (cello), Lumas Winds (Beth Stone [flute], Chris Vettraino [oboe], Johan Stone [French horn], Flo Plane [bassoon], Rennie Sutherland [clarinet]. Also in the Festival: Lenny Sayers (clarinet), Donald Grant (folk violin), Sam Glazer (animateur). St Paul’s Church and the Chapel of St Cross, Winchester. 28.4.2023 to 1.5.2023. (CK)
Génération @ Aix brought exceptional young talent together with Renaud Capuçon
France Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [2]: Génération @ Aix – Carte Blanche à Renaud Capuçon: Members of Génération @ Aix, Renaud Capuçon (violin / director). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 16.4.2023. (CC)
The pure joy of musicmaking: soloists of Berlin’s Karajan-Akademie in Aix-en-Provence
France Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival [1] – Revel, Beethoven: Soloists from the Karajan-Akademie of the Berlin Philharmonic. Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence, France, 15.4.2023. (CC)
Heartbeat Opera’s Lady M puts a new spin on Shakespeare and Verdi
United States Verdi, Lady M: Soloists, Band / Daniel Schlosberg (conductor). Heartbeat Opera, Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, 14.3.2023. (RP)
Two relatively little-known Bartók pieces feature in a top-quality concert in Budapest
Hungary Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks 2023 festival [2]: Dénes Várjon (pianist), Concerto Budapest / András Keller (conductor). Great Hall of Music Academy, Budapest, 1.4.2023. (AK)
Seong-Jin Cho and Semyon Bychkov’s Czech Philharmonic truly distinguish themselves in Budapest
Hungary Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks 2023 festival [1]: Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Seong-Jin Cho (pianist), Czech Philharmonic. MŰPA, Budapest, 31.3.2023. (AK)
Götterdämmerung ends a Berlin Ring which challenged and taught us much, moving us too
Germany Berlin Festtage [4] – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.4.2023. (MB)
