Festivals

Fine Singing in Atrocious Production of Die Liebe der Danae

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Salzburger-Festspiele_Logo_1373976878376931AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival (5) – Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 8.8.2016. (MB)

Krassimira Stoyanova as Danae with dancers. Photograph courtest of the Salzburger Festspiele.
Krassimira Stoyanova as Danae with dancers. Photograph courtest of the Salzburger Festspiele.

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An Authentic B Minor Mass Propelled by the Choruses

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CanadaCanada Vancouver Bach Festival – Bach: Yulia Van Doren and Shannon Mercer (soprano), Krisztina Szabó and Laura Pudwell (mezzo-soprano), Charles Daniels and Philippe Gagné (tenor), Christian Immler and Sumner Thompson (bass), Les Voix Baroques, Arion Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 5.8.2016. (GN)

Alexander Weimann directs Bach Mass in B Minor at the Chan Centre, which was part of the Vancouver Early Music Bach Festival. Photo courtesy of Jan Gates.
Bach Mass in B Minor part of the Vancouver Early Music Bach Festival (c) Jan Gates

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Aspen (11): Gypsies, Paganini, and Saariaho Inspire Vivid Programs

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United StatesUnited States Sibelius, Saariaho, Vivaldi, Tan Dun, Boccherini, Montaña, Shore, Rodrigo, Granados, Falla, Chabrier, Rachmaninoff, Lutoslawski, Brahms/Schoenberg: Soloists, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Pacifica Quartet, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Robert Spano and Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductors). Benedict Music Tent and Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 5-7.8.2016. (BH)

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