Festival 2024 – Page 9 – Seen and Heard International

Suk’s ‘Asrael’ symphony brings the Bamberger Symphoniker’s residency in Edinburgh to a spectacular close

13/08/202412/08/2024 by Gregor Tassie

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [6] – Dvořák, Suk: Kateřina Knĕžíkova (soprano), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: James Grossmith), Bamberger Symphoniker /Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9.8.2024. (GT)

Jakub Hrůša with the Bamberger Symphoniker in the Usher Hall © Andrew Perry

Breathing life into Beethoven: a thrilling Triple Concerto and vibrant Fourth Symphony at Tanglewood

12/08/2024 by Christopher Sallon

United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [10] – Beethoven: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor). Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, 4.8.2024. (CSa)

Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, and Kirill Gerstein perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto at Tanglewood © Hilary Scott

The storytelling impresses in Amy Lane’s (mostly) straightforward new Longborough Die Walküre

16/09/202411/08/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera [3] – Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, Long borough Festival Orchestra / Anthony Negus (conductor). Recorded at Loughborough (directed by Matthew Dilley) on 26.6.2024 and available on OperaVision and YouTube until 9.2.2025. (JPr)

Paul Carey Jones (Wotan) and Madeleine Shaw (Fricka) © Matthew Williams-Ellis

More diverse Queen’s Hall music at the EIF from Raphaël Feuillâtre and Stephan Dohr (and friends)

13/08/202411/08/2024 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [5]: Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar, 9.8), Stephan Dohr (horn, 10.8), Carolin Widmann (violin, 10.8), Dénes Várjon (piano, 10.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9 & 10.8.2024. (SRT)

Guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre © Stefan Hoederath

Consolation and utter serenity from Ton Koopman’s magnificent performance of the St John Passion

11/08/202411/08/2024 by Colin Clarke

France Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord, 2024 [5] – Bach, Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (1724): Amelia Berridge (soprano), Sophia Faltas (mezzo-soprano), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Ton Koopman (conductor / harpsichord). Église de Saint-Astier, Dordogne, France. 4.8.2024. (CC)

Suk’s ‘Asrael’ symphony brings the Bamberger Symphoniker’s residency in Edinburgh to a spectacular close

Breathing life into Beethoven: a thrilling Triple Concerto and vibrant Fourth Symphony at Tanglewood

The storytelling impresses in Amy Lane’s (mostly) straightforward new Longborough Die Walküre

More diverse Queen’s Hall music at the EIF from Raphaël Feuillâtre and Stephan Dohr (and friends)

Consolation and utter serenity from Ton Koopman’s magnificent performance of the St John Passion

L’Iinéraire: some music touched the soul; some was too much of a good thing

Andreas Homoki’s Carmen returns full circle to Paris’s Opéra-Comique at the EIF

Spotlight on International Youth Orchestras at Carnegie Hall