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There was a celebratory atmosphere to launch the 2022 festival, including royal fireworks and coronation anthems, but it was Ukrainian mezzo Anna Starushkevych who provided the evening's most moving moment. 

Guest conductor Harry Bicket transformed the chameleon-like Cleveland Orchestra for this program of Handel, Rameau, and Purcell.

The Avison Ensemble illuminate the musical life of North East England in the 18th century.

Can you imagine being a concertgoer in the early years of the 18th century, when Corelli, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel were all writing new music and performers were being pushed to find new ways of playing?

Para este programa, la Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México nos recibió con una orquesta de cuerdas muy reducida y un clavecín que dividía el semicírculo en dos partes iguales. Como estaba anunciado, Scott Yoo, director artístico de la Filarmónica, se bajó del podio y se incorporó a la orquesta como violín principal y solista.