Festival 2024 – Seen and Heard International

Last Night of the Proms 2024: an evening of questionable programming and uneven quality

17/09/2024 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom PROM 73 – Last Night of the Proms: Angel Blue (soprano), Sir Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, BBC Singers, (Neil Ferris (chorus/choir master) / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 14.9.2024. (CSa)

An evening of music by Muffat at the Lammermuir Festival was totally persuasive and really rather lovely

14/09/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2024 – Muffat: Concerto Copenhagen / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director/continuo). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 13.9.2024. (SRT)

Concerto Copenhagen in St Mary’s Church © Stuart Armitt

Peltokoski is a breath of fresh Proms air with his Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg and Shostakovich

12/09/2024 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom PROM 67 – Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg, Shostakovich: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2024. (CC)

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the BBC SO at the Proms © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Chineke! shows its versatility in a BBC Prom of two halves

12/09/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom PROM 66 – Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Tyzik, Goodyear, Tchaikovsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Andrew Grams (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2024. (CK)

Andrew Grams conducts pianist Stewart Goodyear and the Chineke! Orchestra BBC/Andy Paradise

Porpora’s Ifigenia in Aulide is yet another triumph for the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

11/09/2024 by Andreas Bücker

Germany Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024 [2] – Nicola Antonio Porpora’s Ifigenia in Aulide: Soloists, Actors, Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, 7.9.2024. (AB)

Porpora’s *Ifigenia in Aulide* Act I © Clemens Manser Photography

Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a Proms evening of musical magic

11/09/2024 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom PROM 68 – Garsington Opera’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Garsington Opera Youth Company, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2024. (KMcD)

Lucy Crowe (Tytania) and Daniel Vening (Bottom) © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Il Pomo d’Oro remain a class act, though Bruno de Sá is a disappointing substitute at Bayreuth Baroque

11/09/202411/09/2024 by Colin Clarke

Germany Bayreuth Baroque 2024 [1] – Gala Concert: Bruno de Sá (male soprano), Il Pomo d’Oro / Alfia Bakieva (violin/director). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth, 6.9.2024. (CC)

Male soprano Bruno de Sá and Il Pomo D’Oro © Clemens Manser Photography

Excellent performances from the Berlin Phil and Jonathan Nott in a varied Musikfest programme

11/09/2024 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [5] – Mazzoli, Eötvös, and Ives: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ernst Senff Choir (chorus master: Steffen Schubert), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Gregor A. Mayrhofer (co-conductor), Jonathan Nott (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 8.9.2024. (MB)

Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Philharmonie Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra © Stephan Rabold

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