Christian Thielemann and Camilla Nylund bring ‘The Golden Twenties’ to a resplendent end in Berlin

GermanyGermany ‘The Golden Twenties’ – Hindemith, Busoni, Richard Strauss: Camilla Nylund (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Performed at the Philharmonie Hall and streamed on the Digital Concert Hall (click here), 27.2.2021. (GT)

Christian Thielemann conducting the Berlin Philharmonic

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Vim and vigour from the Northern Chamber Orchestra as Lara Melda shows her affinity for Rossini

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Mozart, Rossini: Lara Melda (piano), Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward (leader/director). Livestream from the Carole Nash Hall, Manchester, 28.2.2021. (CC)

Lara Melda plays Rossini’s String Sonata No.3

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Chamber Music Northwest presents Fleur Barron and Julius Drake in Winterreise

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Winterreise: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano). Chamber Music Northwest, Portland, Oregon, and Razumovsky Academy, London. Livestream available to 5.3.2021. (RP)

Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano) and Julius Drake (piano)

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Takács Quartet finds three ways to program in a pandemic

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Britten, Brahms: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]). Recorded at Lone Tree Arts Center in Denver, 15-16.1.2021, exclusively for Cal Performances at Home. Available on demand 25.2.2021 through 28.4.2021. (HS)

Cal Performances at Home – Takács Quartet

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HERE presents the premiere of No One Is Forgotten, an opera for radio conceived during the pandemic

United StatesUnited States Paola Prestini & Sxip Shirey, No One Is Forgotten: Soloists, Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) / Raquel Acevedo Klein (conductor). HERE Arts Center, National Sawdust, Brooklyn. Based on the Winter Miller play of the same name, and premiered on 24.2.2021. Available for streaming through 24.4.2021. (RP)

Photo from the original production of No One Is Forgotten,
with Sarah Nina Hayon (Lali) and Renata Friedman (Beng) © Paula Court

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The Berlin Philharmonic recreates ‘The Golden Twenties’ of Moka Efti brilliantly in an evening of jazz and cabaret

GermanyGermany Weill, Wolpe, Seiber – ‘A night at the Moka Efti’: Dagmar Manzel (narrator/singer), Berlin Philharmonic / Michael Hasel (conductor). Performed at the Philharmonie Berlin and livestreamed via the Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall, 23.2.2021. (GT)

Berlin Philharmonic’s ‘A night at the Moka Efti’ (c) Frederike van der Straeten

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Tony and the Young Artists: Stephanie Wake-Edwards will leave you shaken and stirred by her cocktail of cabaret songs

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony and the Young Artists – Alexandra Lowe (soprano), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (mezzo-soprano), Filipe Manu (tenor) and Sir Antonio Pappano (piano): Livestream from the Crush Room, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19.2.2021. (JPr)

Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Alexandra Lowe (soprano)
and Stephanie Wake-Edwards (mezzo-soprano)

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