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STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS | 7 AUGUST 2020
Welcome to our weekly update with recommendations for concerts, opera, dance and theatre to stream while most venues are still closed, selected from our library of over 900 “(live) streamed” and “on demand” events. Enjoy!
Live from the concert hall
VAIL, COLORADO
World-renowned violinist Joshua Bell, soprano Larisa Martínez, and pianist Peter Dugan give the live premiere of their new work Voice and the Violin. 50% of proceeds will support nonprofits who support mental and behavioural health.
SALZBURG
Andris Nelsons and the Wiener Philharmoniker perform Mahler's mighty Sixth Symphony
EDINBURGH
Nicky Spence and Malcolm Martineau perform their favourite Shakespearean Songs
GSTAAD
Sol Gabetta explores the "Cosmos Beethoven" by playing his first and last Cello Sonatas
Virtual Togetherness
Feel the need to sing out?
We spoke to Eric Whitacre, Tori Longdon and Jennifer Sterling, who all manage virtual choirs, to find out what these can offer us in lockdown.
Recommended Opera
RUSALKA
Opera Vlaanderen
A dreamlike production representing the main characters as singers and dancers
GIULIO CESARE
Glyndebourne
David McVicar stages a ridiculously entertaining romp through Handel's opera
IL SOGNO DI SCIPIONE
La Fenice
A rare production of Mozart's dramatic serenade composed at the age of 15
Recommended Concerts
CHAMBER MUSIC
James Ehnes, Steven Osborne and friends explore the repertoire from Mozart and Brahms to Dvořák and Vänskä
SONG
Dame Sarah Connolly and Julius Drake offer Dominick Argento's cycle from Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s Diary
SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Mariss Jansons and the Concertgebouw Orchestra are the perfect pair for Bruckner's "Romantic" Symphony
Recommended Ballet
SYMPHONIC DANCES
Miami City Ballet
Colourful and lightning-fast, this ballet will have you on the edge of your sofa
LE CORSAIRE
Ballet del Teatro Colón
This classic of the ballet repertoire is a never-ending display of bravura dancing
THE MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY, ZooNation
What’s so great about being normal? Celebrate the things that make us who we are!
Choreographers against the pandemic
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui talks about the travails and inspirations of lockdown and the need to continually ask questions about culture.
For the young (or young at heart)...
PIANO TALES
Lincoln Center
James plays the piano while Jerome tells stories empowering girls rather than the "pretty princess"
LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE
Storytelling competition to come up with an ending to The Adventures of Oop and Imm
GINGERBREAD
Iford Arts
Join Hansel and Gretel as they journey into the mysterious forest on an operatic adventure
Latest reviews
SALZBURG
An Elektra conducted like Mendelssohnian fairy music, sung not shouted, just as Strauss required
TANGLEWOOD
Amid tears and sorrow: Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax chase all the clouds away with Beethoven
SALZBURG
It's difficult to believe Salzburg could have cast a finer Così fan tutte in Christof Loy's production
MACERATA
In a colourful production Don Giovanni drives a yellow cab to hell
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Stay safe and enjoy some musical nourishment.
