Marie-Laure Garnier’s enticing Oxford journey through some late Romantic French repertoire

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [3] – Fauré, Chausson, Charlotte Sohy: Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Hanson Quartet, Célia Oneto Bensaid, Joseph Cavalli-Price (pianists). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 19.10.2022. (CR)

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The Catch Club at the Oxford Lieder Festival was a delectable and surprising programme

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [2] – The Catch Club: Caroline Taylor (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Choir of The Queen’s College, The Friendly Harmonists, Jonathan Byers (cello) Christopher Bucknall (harpsichord) / Owen Rees (conductor). Freud Café Bar, Oxford 17.10.2022. (CR)

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Tantalising sonic and visual atmosphere of Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw lingers intensely in the mind

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [4] – Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 15.7.2022. (CR)

Ben Fletcher (Miles) and Robert Murray (Peter Quint) © Julian Guidera

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John Cox’s Garsington Così focusses on the foibles of human nature and fragility of human relationships

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [2] – Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus and The English Concert / Tobias Ringborg (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 2.6.2022. (CR)

Gavan Ring (Ferrando), Polly Leech (Dorabella), Camilla Harris (Fiordiligi) and Seán Boylan (Guglielmo) (c) Julian Guidera

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