United States UNSTAGED: Pittsburgh Festival Opera Pandemic Season: Various artists, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, streaming from Pittsburgh, 10-26.7.2020. (RP)
Pittsburgh Festival Opera beats the pandemic with grit, ingenuity and technology
Festivals
From La Jolla, California, Weilerstein and Barnatan dance eloquently with Beethoven
United States Beethoven: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano), presented virtually by Aspen Music Festival, streaming from Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla, California, 26.7.2020. (HS)
High-powered Shostakovich anchors Seattle Chamber Music Society Virtual Summer Festival performance
United States Various composers: Soloists, Seattle Chamber Music Society, streaming from The Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, 24.7.2020. (ZC)
Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Christopher Glynn perform Elgar at Ryedale Online
United Kingdom Ryedale Festival Online – Elgar: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Christopher Glynn (piano). All Saints’ Church, Helmsley, 25.7.2020. (CS)
Guardian Angel: violinist Rachel Podger opens the 2020 Ryedale Festival Online in Castle Howard Chapel
United Kingdom Ryedale Online Festival 2020 – Vilsmayr, Biber, Bach: Rachel Podger (violin), recorded in the Chapel at Castle Howard, Ryedale, 20.7.2020. (CS)
Trifonov finds the heart in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
United States Bach, The Art of Fugue: Daniil Trifonov (piano), presented virtually by Aspen Music Festival, streaming from Connecticut, 19.7.2020. (HS)
Even Covid-19 cannot stop Aspen from celebrating Robert Spano, albeit virtually
United States Aspen’s 2020 Virtual Festival Opening: Renée Fleming (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Robert McDuffie (violin), Nancy Goeres (bassoon), Michael Rusinek (clarinet), Elizabeth Pridgeon (piano), Brian Locke (piano), Robert Ainsley (piano). Various locations, 5.7.2020. (HS)
Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2020 online during lockdown
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2020
Huw WATKINS – Invention [Huw Watkins (piano); Suite for harp Anne Denholm (harp)] CLICK HERE
John Luther ADAMS – Two dances [Anne Denholm (harp)]; The dream of the hermit thrush; The dream of the canyon wren [George Barton (percussion), Siwan Rhys (piano)] CLICK HERE
Mark BOWDEN – for Michael Harrison [Alice Neary (cello), David Adams (piano)]; Four memos: Exactitude [David Adams (violin), Robin Green (piano)]
David John ROCHE – Tremolo Study 4 [David John Roche (guitar)]
Maja PALSER – A cry [Robin Green (piano)]
Mared EMLYN – Perlau yn y glaw; [Anne Denholm (harp)]
Steph POWER – Dreamtides [Matthew Jones (violin), Annabel Thwaite (piano)]
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