United States Aspen Music Festival [3]: Aspen, Colorado, 9-11.7.2021. (HS)
Dvořák quintet and Beethoven triple concerto highlight the weekend at Aspen
Festivals
‘It’s opera, Jim, but not as we know it’: Simon Stone’s Tristan und Isolde gets on the metro to Aix-en-Provence
France Aix-en-Provence Festival 2021 [1] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Actors, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Corentin Leconte) from Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, and available on Arte Concert until 30.8.2023. (JPr)
Beautifully planned and delivered concert by the ORA Singers LIVE from London
United Kingdom Tallis, Escott, Byrd, R. Panufnik, Marsh, Andrew, Bray, Ešenvalds, Roth, LIVE From London Summer 2021 [2] – All Shall Be Well: ORA Singers / Suzi Digby OBE (conductor) with Zeb Soanes (narrator) and VOCES8. Livestreamed from the VOCES8 Centre, London. 11.7.2021. (CC)
Chamber music covers a wide range in Aspen’s big tent
United States Aspen Music Festival [2]: Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, 6-8.7.2021. (HS)
Two forces to be reckoned with debut at Blossom: Florence Price and Michelle Cann
United States Blossom Music Festival [1], An American Celebration: Michelle Cann (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Brett Mitchell (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 4.7.2021. (MSJ)
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The Aspen Music Festival is back live with a Beethoven-heavy weekend
United States Aspen Music Festival [1]: Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado, 1-3.7.2021. (HS)
LIVE From London there is a sprinking of Stardust from VOCES8
United Kingdom LIVE From London Summer 2021 [1] – Stardust: VOCES8 (Andrea Haines, Molly Noon [sopranos], Kate Jeffries-Harries [alto], Barnaby Smith [countertenor], Blake Morgan, Euan Williamson [tenors], Christopher Moore [baritone], Jonathan Percy [bass]). VOCES8 Centre, London, livestreamed on 4.7.2021. (CC)
Glyndebourne’s Così fan tutte revival is a veritable triumph of organisation, performance and production
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2021 – Mozart, Così fan tutte (Bärenreiter edition, ed. Ferguson / Rehm): Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, East Sussex, 4.7.2021. (CC)
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