Festivals

Memorable charity concert in Helsinki for the benefit of Ukraine

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FinlandFinland Helsinki Festival 2022 – Penderecki, Mahler, Azarova, Mozart: Helena Juntunen (soprano), Tuija Knihtilä (mezzo-soprano), Tuomas Katajala (tenor), Arttu Kataja (baritone), Music Centre Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Music Centre, Helsinki 31.8.2022. (GF)

Hannu Lintu conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra © Jukka Lintinen

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Kevin John Edusei and his Chineke! forces at the Proms send Beethoven’s call to us all

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [26], Prom 61 – Walker, Beethoven: Nicole Cabell (soprano), Raehann Bryce-Davis (mezzo-soprano), Zwakele Tshabalala (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), Chineke! Voices, Chineke! Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Recorded (directed by Seren Irvine) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2022, and broadcast on BBC Four. (JPr)

Kevin John Edusei conducts the Chineke! Orchestra © Mark Allan

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The Cleveland Orchestra perform a glorious, singing, Schubert Great C major at Berlin’s Musikfest

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GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [4] – Rihm, Schubert: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 3.9.2022, and livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni

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Nézet-Séguin and his Philadelphians bring Florence Price’s First Symphony to Berlin’s Musikfest

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GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [3] – Dvořák, Szymanowski, Price: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 1.9.2022, livestreamed on the Digital Concert Hall, 1.9.2022. (GT)

Rehearsal: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) and Lisa Batiashvili (violin) © Todd Rosenberg Photography

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Allan Clayton’s Gerontius was a remarkable Proms performance that was a privilege to witness

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [24], Prom 59 – Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Allan Clayton (Gerontius), Jamie Barton (Angel), James Platt (Priest/Angel of the Agony), London Philharmonic Choir, Hallé Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2022. (KMcD)

Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius at the BBC Proms 2022 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Messaien’s imagination unleashed in Salzburg by Esa-Pekka Salonen

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [7] – Wagner and Messiaen: Yuja Wang (piano), Cécile Lartigau (ondes martenot), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 28.8.2022. (MB)

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Lucerne Festival: Berlin Philharmonic in a class of their own

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [3] – Schnittke, Bruckner: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL), Lucerne, 1.9.2022. (JR)

Tabea Zimmermann (viola) & Daniel Harding (conductor) (c) Priska Ketterer/LF

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