France Baroque Itinéraire 2018 [2]: Baroque en Cercles. Périgord vert, France. 27.7.2018. (CC)
A Richly Varied Second Day at Itinéraire Baroque 2018
Festivals
Scotland’s Favourite Soloist, Nicola Benedetti, Opens EIF’s Queen’s Hall Series
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [1] – Vivaldi & Telemann: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (director/harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 4.8.2018. (SRT)
Lili Boulanger’s Magnificent and Profound Musical Cri de Coeur Caps a Splendid TCF Concert.
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [5] – Stravinsky, Walton, Ravel, Boulanger: Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano); Magnus Walker (tenor); Timothy Ridout (viola) Three Choirs Festival Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 3.8.2018. (JQ)
July 2016 (c) Ash Mills
Aspen 4: Trifonov’s Piano Concerto, Rich ‘Pictures’, and Gripping Early Reich
United States Various composers, Aspen Music Festival 2018. (HS)
Seen and Heard apologies for the late publication of this review.
Haddon Hall is a Grundy and Sullivan Rarity
United Kingdom Grundy & Sullivan, Haddon Hall: Soloists of the National Gilbert and Sullivan Company, National Festival Orchestra / Andrew Nicklin (conductor). Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 2.8.2018. (RJW)
Piotr Beczała Swans In to Save Yuval Sharon’s Bayreuth Lohengrin
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [4] – Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 29.7.2018. (JPr)
Barrie Kosky Puts Wagner’s Die Meistersinger on Trial Again at Bayreuth
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2018 [3] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Philippe Jordan (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 28.7.2018. (JPr)
