France Baroque Itinéraire 2018 [4] – Bach: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor). Église Abbatiale Saint-Cybard de Cercles, Périgord vert, France, 29.7.2018. (CC)
A Splendid Bach Concert Closes Baroque Itinéraire 2018
Festivals
An Appealing Rinaldo at the Peralada Festival
Spain Festival Castell Peralada 2018 – Handel, Rinaldo (concert version): Vespres D’Arnadí/Dani Espasa (conductor), Iglesia del Carmen, Peralada, 5.8.2018. (JMI)
Very Uneven Contemporary Responses to Bach in ‘The Brandenburg Project’
United Kingdom PROMS 29 and 30 – ‘The Brandenburg Project’: Bach, Turnage, Hillborg, Caine, Neuwirth, Dean, and Mackey: Fiona Kelly, Claire Chase (flutes), Per Gross, Katarina Wiedell (recorders), Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mårten Larsson (oboes), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Göran Hülphers, Terése Larsson (horns), Pekka Kuusisto, Antje Weithaas (violins), Brett Dean, Tabea Zimmermann (violas), Maya Beiser (cello), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Uri Caine (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2018. (MB)
Despite a Fussy Staging, a Lot About Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s Barber Works
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [3] – Rossini, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’s The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Unikanti, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie / Jérémie Rhorer (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 5.8.2018. (SRT)
Six Fascinating Concerts in One Day at Itinéraire Baroque 2018
France Itinéraire Baroque 2018 [3] – L’Itinéraire: Périgord vert, France, 28.7.2018. (CC)
Gloger’s Bayreuth Der fliegende Holländer Takes to the Seas for the Last Time
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [5] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Axel Kober (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 30.7.2018. (JPr)
A Distinguished Conclusion to the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – Vaughan Williams, Parry, Brahms: Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Matthew Brook (bass) Three Choirs Festival Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra / Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 4.8.2018. (JQ)
A Real Haydn Treat to Open the Edinburgh International Festival 2018
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [2] – The Opening Concert, Haydn: Sarah Tynan (soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), National Youth Choir of Scotland (director – Christopher Bell), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Usher Hall, 4.8.2018. (SRT)