Festival 2023 – Page 3 – Seen and Heard International

Nobuyuki Tsujii plays an astounding Rachmaninoff Third in one of the great BBC Proms of recent times

12/09/202311/09/2023 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Prom 70 – Honegger, Rachmaninoff, Ortiz, Bernstein: Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2023. (MBr)

Domingo Hindoyan conducting at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Marian Consort spun an enchanting web of sound during Lammermuir Festival 2023’s first weekend

15/09/202310/09/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2023 [1] – Renaissance polyphony in celebration of the Virgin Mary: Dr Lizzie Swarbrick (speaker), Marian Consort / Rory McCleery (director). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 9.9.2023. (SRT)

Pichon and Pygmalion’s theatrical, yet deeply spiritual approach to Mozart’s Requiem

09/09/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Prom 69 – Mozart/Süssmayr, Requiem: Malakai Bayoh (treble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2023. (CC)

Mozart’s Requiem at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Andy Paradise

Two reviews from the Cumbria Opera Festival 2023, truly a hidden gem

08/09/2023 by AUTHOR

United Kingdom Poulenc, La voix humaine and R. Schumann, Frauenliebe und -leben: Sofia Kirwan-Baez (soprano) and Alex Norton (pianist). Penrith Playhouse, Cumbria, 26.8.2023.

Soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez sings Elle in Poulenc’s La voix humaine © Joe Davies

Wondrous performances of re-compositions by the Britten Sinfonia at the Proms

07/09/202307/09/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Prom 68 – Auerbach, Corelli, Tippett, Richter/Vivaldi: Britten Sinfonia / Thomas Gould (violin/director). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2023. (JR)

Violinists Thomas Gould (left) and Miranda Dale (right) © BBC/Mark Allan

Berlioz’s epic The Trojans triumphs at the BBC Proms

06/09/2023 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Prom 64 – Berlioz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2023. (CK)

Berlioz’s *The Trojans* at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

Masterly Bruckner’s Eighth from Bychkov and the BBC SO at the Proms

05/09/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Prom 65 – Bruckner: BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2023. (JR)

Semyon Bychkov © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Another fascinating concert by Ensemble Modern and George Benjamin at Musikfest Berlin

04/09/202304/09/2023 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin 2023 [3] – Chin, Ogonek, Filidei, Benjamin, and Ammann: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Ensemble Modern / Sir George Benjamin (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 3.9.2023. (MB)

Anna Prohaska and Ensemble Modern conducted by Sir George Benjamin © Fabian Schellhorn

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