Dresden

Jan Vogler’s masterly Elgar Cello Concerto, with the visiting LPO earning praise too in Dresden

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [4] – Hannah Kendall, Elgar: Jan Vogler (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner. Kulturpalast Dresden, 26.5.2026. (MC)

Jan Vogler performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the LPO © Oliver Killig

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Enjoyable Dresden concert by countertenor Xavier Sabata and saxophone quartet Kebyart

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [1] – Various, ‘Countertenor meets Saxophone Quartet’: Xavier Sabata (countertenor), Kebyart (saxophone quartet – Pere Méndez [soprano sax], Víctor Serra [alto sax)], Robert Seara [tenor sax] and Daniel Miguel [baritone sax]). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 22.5.2026. (MC)

Kebyart © Rafa Martin

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Instructional, yet totally musically satisfying Heine settings from Appl and Baillieu in Dresden

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2025 [1] –  Heinrich Heine. Paris. Musik: Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano), Barbara Auer and Jens Harzer (narrators), Helmut Butzmann (concept). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, Germany, 12.6.2025. (CC)

Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu

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Haydn’s The Seasons in Dresden had an essentially sunlit disposition

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GermanyGermany Dresden Music Festival 2024 [11] – Haydn, The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten): Lina Johnson (soprano, Hanne), Tilman Lichdi (tenor, Lukas), Matthias Winckhler (bass-baritone, Simon), La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 30.5.2024. (MC)

[front l-r] Lina Johnson (soprano), Jordi Savall (conductor), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), and Matthias Winckhler (baritone) © Oliver Killig

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