Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival – ‘Trans-Classics’: Nemanja Radulović and Double Sens. Kirche Saanen, Gstaad, 15.7.2024. (LV)
Nemanja Radulović dazzles Gstaad with radical Beethoven and Rimsky-Korsakov
Festival 2024
Two concertos are the highlights of the Tanglewood Festival’s second weekend
United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [3] – Various: Soloists, Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, Massachusetts, 13 and 14.7.2024. (ES-S)
Hindoyan makes his Cleveland debut in an engaging Russian program at Blossom
United States Blossom Festival 2024 [2] – Borodin, Arutiunian, Rachmaninoff: Michael Sachs (trumpet), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (chorus director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 13.7.2024. (MSJ)
Rameau’s lost Samson is evidently a labour not only of love but also of conviction for all
France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [5] – Rameau, Samson: Soloists, Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence, 12.7.2024. (MB)
Bell, Isserlis and Denk triumph in Fauré and Beethoven in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2024 [4]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Hail Fellows, well played: Youthful Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra comes of age in Shostakovich’s Fifth
United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [2] – Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor and Shostakovich: Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra / Ross Jamie Collins, Na’zir McFadden, Andris Nelsons (conductors). Koussevitsky Music Shed. Lenox, 8.7.2024. (CSa)
Despite reservations, memory of Gluck at Aix will doubtless endure
France Festival d’Aix-en-Provence [4] – Gluck, Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Le Choeur d’Astrée (chorus director: Richard Wilberforce), Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 11.7.2024 (MB)
Buxton’s new and first-rate Ernani production by Jamie Manton provided captivating drama
United Kingdom Buxton International Festival [3] – Verdi, Ernani: Soloists, BIF Chorus, Orchestra of Opera North / Adrian Kelly (conductor). Buxton International Festival, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 10.7.2024. (MC)
