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Prom 6 - Beethoven:
Paul Lewis (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek, Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2010 (BBr)
Prom 3: Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (Semi-staged performance):
Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 18.7.2010 (JPr)
‘Opera Challenge’ :
Try Before You Buy at Opera Holland Park (JPr)
LATEST UK AND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL REPORTS
Aspen Music Festival (4):
Bach, Khachaturian, Brahms, Nielsen, Grieg, Bartók; violinist Julia Fischer; conductors Emmanuel Kirvine, Michael Stern; pianist John O’Conor; flutist Maria Piccinini. 19.7.2010 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (3):
McGegan and friends do Vivaldi, Telemann, Corelli; David Finckel and Wu Han take on all five Beethoven cello sonatas.15.7.2010 (HS)
Olympic Music Festival - Debussy, Schumann, Mozart, and Grieg:
Paul Hersh, piano; Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 3.7.2010 (BJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2010
(2) - Brett Dean at Cheltenham:
a report from Roger Jones (RJ)
LATEST UK AND INTERNATIONAL OPERA REVIEWS
Mozart, Die Zauberflöte:
Soloists, Orchester und Chor Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz. Conductor: Henrik Nanasi. Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz , Munich 20.7.2010. (JMI).
Münchner Opernfestspiele 2010 - Puccini, Tosca:
Soloists, Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Nationatheater, Munich 19. 7.2010. (JMI)
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance:
Soloists, the Orchestra of Royal Opera House; Robin Stapleton, Dominic Grier and Steven Moore (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 17.7.2010 (JPr)
Verdi, Simon Boccanegra:
Soloists, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro Intermezzo. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Teatro Real de Madrid. 17.7.2010
(JMI)
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts 2010 (1)
- Bellini, Norma: Semi-Staged. Soloists, Orchestra of St. Lukes, and Caramoor Festival Chorus, Conductor: Will Crutchfield,
Katonah, New York 16.7.2010 (LS)
Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo, I Pagliacci:
Soloists, Hamburg State Opera
Orchestra and Chorus,Simone Young, conductor, 9.7.2010 (BM)
LATEST INTERNATIONAL AND UK CONCERT REVIEWS
Prom 5 – Wagner, Mendelssohn, Gunther Schuller, and Strauss: Viviane Hagner (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.7.2010 (MB)
Prom 4 – Schumann, Rachmaninov, and Tchaikovsky:
Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2010 (MB)
Chopin:
Lucy Parham (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18th July 2010 (J-PJ)
Gower Festival 2010 - Mozart, Shostakovich and Grieg:
The Royal Quartet, St Cenydd’s Church, Llangennith, 17.7 2010 (NR)
Prom 1: Mahler Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’:
Soloists, various choruses cathedral choristers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiři Bělohlávek (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 16.7.2010 (JPr)
Bruch, Saint–Saëns and Rachmaninov:
Farhad Badalbeyli (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dimitry Yablonsky (conductor
and cello), Cadogan Hall, London, 15.7.2010 (BBr)
Stravinsky:
Alexei Volodin, piano, New York Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev, conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 8.5.2010 (GG)
LAST WEEK'S ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Sir Charles Mackerras - 17
November 1925 – 14 July 2010:
An appreciation (BK)
Keeping the Music Alive:
Alexey Botvinov, the unusual pianist who is currently artistic director of Odessa State Opera and Ballet, speaks about his unique career (BM)
Gloucester Three
Choirs Festival week (Aug 7th-15th 2010) :
Two special children’s concerts during
the festival. (BK)
New Devon Opera
2010 - Two Weeks
To Go: Verdi’s La Traviata on tour in Devon 21,23,24 ,27 and 31 July (LH)
Buxton Festival 2010
- Verdi, Cornelius and Mozart/Page:
A report
by Robert J Farr (RJF)
Aspen Music Festival (2):
Joshua Bell, Nicholas McGegan in Mendelssohn; Haefliger, Arming in Mozart and Mahler; Takács Quartet with Nel in Brahms; Ingrid Fliter in Schumann and Chopin. 12.7.2010 (HS)
Festival Pontino (3) - Mozart, Bruch, Sarasate:
Fabrizio von Arx (violin) Prague Sinfonia Orchestra, Conductor, Christian Benda Caetani Castle Courtyard, Sermoneta, Festival Pontino 10.7-2010
(JB)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2010 (1) - Forty Parts and Counting:
Music by Gabriel Jackson; John Taverner; György Ligeti: John Sheppard; Michael Zev Gordon; and Thomas Tallis, New London Chamber Choir/James Weeks, Cheltenham College Chapel 10.7.2010 (JQ)
Wolf, Duparc, Strauss, Britten, and Poulenc:
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.7.2010 (MB)
Festival Pontino (2) - Elissò Virsaladze Piano Masterclass (30.6 to 8.6. 2010) and end-of-course recital (8.7.2010) with a Franco Petracchi double bass coda.
Caetani Castle, Sermoneta. Festival Pontino (JB)
“Musica Universalis”:
Talea Ensemble, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, 8.7.2010 (BH)
Verdi, La traviata:
Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Yves Abel. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 8.7.2010
(JPr)
Festival Pontino (I) Charles Rosen lecture-recital -
the last years of Beethoven and Chopin:
Caetani Castle, Sermoneta, Festival Pontino. 6.7. 2010
(JB)
Saxå Chamber Music Festival 2010:
Saxå and Filipstad, Sweden, 29/30. 6. 2010 (GF)
Verdi, Rigoletto:
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Guillermo Brizzio, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 27.6.2010
(JSJ)
Loewe, Schubert, Wolf, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Weill:
Catherine Hopper (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 26.6.2010 (ED)
Garsington Opera (3) -Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro:
Sung in Italian with titles in English. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera /Douglas Boyd Garsington Manor, Oxford 6.6.2010
(ED)
Earlier reviews,
articles and interviews are in the subject indexes