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A Schumann rarity at the Oxford Lieder Festival
An old instrument, a veteran star singer, and a late rose all bloom at Oxford's annual songfest.
Partenope de Haendel : délectation baroque
Mercredi 13 janvier 2016, l'opéra de Haendel Partenope était proposé au TCE par Il Pomo d'Oro, dirigé avec une grande sensibilité par Maxim Emelyanychev. Parmi la distribution vocale de rêve, Karina Gauvin et Lawrence Zazzo. Résultat : un merveilleux moment de plaisir !
A huge slice of Handel: Tamerlano
Handel's Tartar-Ottoman drama Tamerlano gets a majestically beautiful, if not wildly dramatic, outing at the Barbican with Il Pomo d'Oro.
Handel's Tamerlano at the Concertgebouw
Maxim Emelyanychev conducted the period orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro in Tamerlano at the Concertgebouw, an enjoyable performance of Handel's darkest opera.
Finzi's Intimations of Immortality from the BSO
An unusual programme of music from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, viewing the passing of youth through a lens of nostalgia and sadness but, at the same time, also dreaming of the sheer joy and exuberance of youth.
A retreating world: War Requiem at Teatro Real
The Teatro Real crowns his Britten cycle with a canonic War Requiem conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado and superbly sung by John Mark Aisnley and Jacques Imbrailo.