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Jan Vogler in conversation with Michael Cookson
Not only is Jan Vogler a renowned cellist on the international stage but driven by his insatiable appetite for music he also serves as Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival; with his contract recently extended until 2021. I have attended the festival for several years and under Vogler’s management the festival has grown to one of international renown attracting the world’s finest artists.
Piotr Beczała in conversation with Michael Cookson
It was wonderful to have the opportunity to interview star international tenor Piotr Beczała whom I met in the lounge of his Dresden hotel. There was a great feeling of anticipation in the city for the revival of Christine Mielitz’s Lohengrin at the Semperoper as in few days time. Piotr was to sing the title role with Anna Netrebko as Elsa; their first Wagner roles.
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2016 – Vaughan Williams, Chausson, Bruckner: Arabella Steinbacher (violin), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Marek Janowski – Frauenkirche, Dresden, 20.5.2016 (MC)
Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Herren des Sinfoniechores Dresden, Extrachor der Semperoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Semperoper, Dresden, 19.5.2016. (MC)
Germany Tchaikovsky, Wolpe, Shostakovich: David Garrett (violin), Jacob Reuven (mandolin), Heidi Steger (accordion), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 18.5.2016. (MC)
Germany Beethoven, Schubert, ‘Kammerabend’: Dresdner Oktett, Semperoper, Dresden, 17.5.16. (MC)
Germany Bernard Fort, Olivier Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 15.5.2016. (MC)
Beethoven, Kavakos Beethovenzyklus 1: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano), Palais im Grosser Garten, Dresden, 16.5.2016. (MC)
Bernard Fort – 13 Preludes au Catalogue d’oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen – Catalogue d’oiseaux, books 1-7
Beethoven – Violin Sonatas: No. 2, Op 12/2; No. 3, Op. 12/3; No. 6, Op. 30/1; No. 7, Op. 30/2
Germany ‘Time of Swing’ – ‘In the Mood – A Tribute to Glen Miller’: Andrej Hermlin and his Swing Dance Orchestra with Finn Wiesner, The Skylarks with Viola Manigk, Semperoper, Dresden, 15.5.2016. (MC)
‘Jazz Meets Classics’ – Till Brönner (trumpet, flugelhorn), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet, flugelhorn), Stephan Braun (cello), Dieter Ilg (bass) & Gil Goldstein (keyboards, accordion), Semperoper, Dresden, 16.5.2016 (MC)
