United States Tanglewood 2022 [4]: Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox. (RP)
Nelsons’ Tanglewood Mahler Fifth tops another exciting weekend of music in the Berkshires
Festivals
The Three Choirs Festival does George Dyson’s Quo Vadis proud
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2022 [2] – Dyson: Rebecca Hardwick (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), James Oxley (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral 25.7.2022. (JQ)
Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success
United Kingdom Opera Holland Park 2022 [2] – Delius, Margot la Rouge / Puccini, Le Villi: Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus (chorus director: Dominic Ellis-Peckham), City of London Sinfonia / Francesco Cilluffo (conductor). Holland Park, London, 23.7.2022. (MB)
Bryn Terfel and Patrick Summers kickstart a lively, semi-staged Falstaff at Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [7]: (HS)
With the CBSO at the BBC Proms, Kazuki Yamada proves what a dynamic and talented conductor he is
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [8], Prom 14 – Glinka, Smyth, Rachmaninoff: Elena Urioste (violin), Ben Goldscheider (horn), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2022. (MBr)
The BBC Proms proves Smyth’s voice is as unique and as compelling as her dramatic sense in The Wreckers
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [7], Prom 13 – Smyth, The Wreckers (semi-staged, sung in French): Soloists, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.7.2022. (CC)
Dvořák’s Requiem launches the Three Choirs Festival 2022
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2022 [1] – Dvořák: Anita Watson (soprano), Catherine Carby (mezzo-soprano), Ruairi Bowen (tenor), Stephan Loges (bass-baritone), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 23.7.2022. (JQ)
At the ‘Full Fourths’ Prom, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Phil make the case for a Tippett rarity
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [6], Prom 6 – Vaughan Williams, Tippett: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2022. (KMcD)
