Emanuel Ax and the Philadelphia Orchestra intelligently juxtapose a world premiere with Mozart and Brahms

United StatesUnited States Hunt, Mozart, Brahms: Emanuel Ax (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Recorded live at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia on 15.10.2020 and reviewed from an 18.10.2020 stream on the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Digital Stage. (BJ)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Emmanuel Ax (piano)
and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra (c) Jeff Fusco

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Christoph Prégardien and Emerging Artists farewell recital celebrates success of Oxford Lieder Festival 2020

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [4]Beethoven, Schubert: Christoph Prégardien (tenor) and Michael Gees (piano); Harriet Burns (soprano) and Ian Tindale (piano). 17.10.2020 performance from Holywell Music Room, Oxford, reviewed as a live stream. (CP)

Christoph Prégardien (tenor) & Michael Gees (pianist) (c) Hermann und Clärchen Baus

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New English Ballet Theatre’s emotional Remembrance acts as a reminder of different times

United KingdomUnited Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre’s Remembrance: filmed at Peacock Theatre, London, and premiered on YouTube on 15.10.2020. (JO’D)

Alessia Lugoboni (Marie Rambert) & Alexander Nuttall (Ashley Dukes)
(c) Deborah Jaffe

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A Feast in the Time of Plague may not be the vaccine we hunger for, but is still a considerable achievement

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grange Park Opera’s A Feast in the Time of Plague: Soloists, Alex Woolf (piano) / Toby Purser (conductor). Recorded 12-13.9.2020 and review on YouTube. (JPr)

Susan Bullock (Claire) in A Feast in the Time of Plague

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