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Trotz Makel führte die Beethovennacht in eine leuchtende Hoffnung, die den guten Willen anerkennt, Neugehörtes und den herausragenden Solisten Tobias Koch würdigt.

A stormy evening in New York was a perfect setting for an intimate and unforgettable lieder recital by the two long-term collaborators at the top of their game.

If one had idly wondered how a programme of English love songs, sung by a German, would be received by a Norwegian audience, in a wet and windy Bergen, the answer came loud and clear at this week's International Festival.

Back in London after a sell-out US tour, English tenor Ian Bostridge CBE, with his wonderful pianist Julius Drake, proved his extraordinary range and versatility as a singer with a programme featuring music by Tippett, Britten, Bach, Haydn and Weill. This special concert had an extra resonance, as it marked Sir John Tusa’s last day as Chairman of the Wigmore Hall Trust.