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Period: Baroque

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MunichSommerliches Festkonzert auf Schloss Schleißheim

Bavaria Klassik GmbH
Vivaldi, Mozart, Rossini, Brahms
Munich Residenz Solisten; Simon Zhu

GrafeneggPrélude: Valérie Fritz · Mario Härin

Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Boulanger, Beethoven, Bach
Valerie Fritz; Mario Häring

La Roque d'AnthéronThomas Enhco / Vassilena Serafimova - Bach Mirror

Festival de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron
Bach
Thomas Enhco; Vassilena Serafimova

LondonPianist Brendon Ireland

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Bach, Hisaishi, Uematsu, Ireland, Zimmer, Liszt
Brendon Ireland; Sean Phillips

AmsterdamFuse

Het Concertgebouw
Messiaen, Bach, Telemann, Ravel, Marsalis, Monk, Mendez, Schneider, von Bingen, Bartók, Sollima, Azmeh, Zawinul
Fuse

VeronaViva Vivaldi. The Four Seasons Immersive Concert

Fondazione Arena di Verona
Vivaldi
Arena di Verona Orchestra; Giovanni Andrea Zanon

StockholmFestival opening

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Roman, Chabrier, Schubert, Lekeu, Fernström
Cecilia Zilliacus; Bengt Forsberg; Peter Friis Johansson; Alva Holm

StockholmToward twilight

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Roman, Andrée, Backer Grøndahl, Schumann, Schubert, Saint-Saëns
Alva Holm; Elin Rombo; Peter Friis Johansson; Bengt Forsberg
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On top form – Carlos Acosta: Myths and Modern Masters in London

Beatrice Parma, Miki Mizutani, Max Maslen and Carlos Acosta in The Moor’s Pavane © Helen Maybanks
Carlos Acosta has lost none of his brilliance and in a carefully curated programme with Acosta Danza and Birmingham Royal Ballet, he still thrills audiences.
*****
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Haapsalu Early Music Festival: Baltic summer nights

Haapsalu Cathedral at dusk © Sabine Burger
Across historic medieval vaulted sanctuaries and sunlit naves, the Haapsalu Early Music Festival weaves Baroque oratorios, intimate lute recitals and Renaissance polyphony into the lingering twilight of the Baltic summer.

Coffee and canary: brilliant entertainment from Australian Baroque

Brigitte Heuser and Australian Baroque © Brad Coleman (2024)
A wonderful staged pairing of Telemann's cantata for a dead canary and Bach's coffee cantata, with sundry other creatures, from Australian Baroque.
*****
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Spanning the ages from Dowland to Strauss at the BBC Proms

Sueye Park, John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic are persuasive in Also sprach Zarathustra, less so in Sibelius. Thomas Dunford soothes with Dowland and Purcell.

Lucie Horsch and Grigory Sokolov span the ages in Colmar

Lucie Horsch © Festival International de Colmar | Bertrand Schmitt
Lucie Horsch shows that her star is fully risen in Vivaldi and Telemann. Grigory Sokolov demonstrates why he has been in the top rank of pianists for many years.
****1
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Les Arts Florissants provide a stylish opening to Toronto Summer Music

Les Arts Florissants © Lucky Tang

Excellent use of movement and dance enhances stylish music-making in Toronto Summer Music’s opening night Charpentier double bill.

****1
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Julia Lezhneva takes Il Giardino Armonico into extra time

Julia Lezhneva, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico © Tom Wright | Wigmore Hall
Extra time and penalties beckon as Julia Lezhneva displays rapidfire coloratura and endless stamina in an evening capped with seven encores. 
***11
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Still waters run deep: the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall

Timothy Ridout and the Britten Sinfonia © Darius Weinberg | Wigmore Hall
Timothy Ridout plays Britten and Larcher in a Wigmore Hall programme with the Britten Sinfonia. 
****1
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