Festivals – Page 127 – Seen and Heard International

An evening of wonderful musical connections masterminded by George Benjamin

04/11/202103/09/2021 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [2] – Knussen, Purcell, Stravinsky, and Benjamin: Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / George Benjamin (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 2.9.2021. (MB)

George Benjamin conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (c) Astrid Ackermann

Socially distanced, semi-staged Ariadne auf Naxos in Edinburgh showcases Brenda Rae’s standout Zerbinetta

12/03/202203/09/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2021 [15] – Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos (1916 version): Soloists, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Lothar Koenigs (conductor). Filmed (directed by Phil Glenny) at the end of August 2021 at Edinburgh Academy Junior School and streamed via ‘At Home’ (click here) from 30.8.2021. (JPr)

Edinburgh International Festival’s *Ariadne auf Naxos* (c) Matt Beech

Harding and Concertgebouw demonstrate the wonders of the modern symphony orchestra at Berlin’s Musikfest

04/11/202102/09/2021 by Mark Berry

Germany Musikfest Berlin [1] – Stravinsky, Messiaen, and Debussy: Renée Fleming (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 31.8.2021 (MB)

Daniel Harding conducts Renée Fleming & the Concertgebouw (c) Astrid Ackermann

Glyndebourne’s Wagner semi-staging is brought to the BBC Proms 2021 and becomes a tale of two Tristans

13/07/202601/09/2021 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [19] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2021. (JPr)

Miina-Liisa Värelä (Isolde) & Karen Cargill (Brangäne) (c) Chris Christodoulou

Family Prom with the Kanneh-Masons and friends and Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals

01/10/202101/09/2021 by Jack Buckley

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [18] – Family Prom: Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2021. (JB)

EM Williams and Michael Morpurgo (c) Chris Christodoulou

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in a mixed Russian programme at Lucerne

01/10/202131/08/2021 by John Rhodes

Switzerland Lucerne Summer Festival [3] – Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky: Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL) 29.8.2021. (JR)

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra © Peter Fischli

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis give haunting performances at the Salzburg Festival

01/10/202130/08/2021 by Laurence Vittes

Austria Salzburg Festival 2021 [3] – Mozart, Beethoven, Franck: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 28.8.2021. (LV)

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis at the Salzburg Festival (c) Marco Borrelli

Performers dazzle in Anthony Cheung compositions at TIME:SPANS

01/10/202130/08/2021 by Daniele Sahr

United States TIME:SPANS [2] – ‘Anthony Cheung Portrait’: Claire Chase (flute), Miranda Cuckson (violin), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Spektral Quartet (Maeve Feinberg & Clara Lyon [violins], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]). The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 27.8.2021. (DS)

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