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MunichARD International Music Competition: Second round - Bassoon

ARD International Music Competition
Devienne, Telemann, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Torriani, Fujikura, de Frutos, Lim, Neuwirth, Odermatt, Staud, Yun
Contestants of the ARD International Music Competition

Tunbridge WellsClassics by Candlelight

© No credit
Eccles, Vaughan Williams, Beach, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Dvořák, Handel, Pirotti, McDowall
Celoniatus Ensemble

ViennaDie SchlossCapelle

Musikverein Wien
Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi
Die SchlossCapelle; Fritz Kircher

EdinburghEdinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series -The Beethoven Sonatas

© Viv Mclean
Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin
Viv McLean, Piano

MunichARD International Music Competition: Semi-finals - Bassoon

ARD International Music Competition
Vivaldi, Françaix, Šenk
Munich Chamber Orchestra; Semi-finalists of the ARD International Music Competition

LondonThe Gesualdo Six

Wigmore Hall
Tallis, Byrd, Cornysh II, Tavener, Frye, Pygott, Gibbons, Weelkes, Mundy, Sheryngham, Ramsey, Tomkins
Owain Park; The Gesualdo Six; James Guy

TurinLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers

Les Arts Florissants
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman

DemminZKO on Tour — Daniel Hope – Vivaldi Recomposed

© ZKO
Vivaldi, Richter
Zurich Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hope
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A searing start to the new Czech Philharmonic season

Karen Gomyo and the Czech Philharmonic © Petr Chodura
Conductor Semyon Bychkov and soloist Karen Gomyo set the tone for an exhilarating evening of mind-expanding musicality.
****1
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On top form: Carlos Acosta’s 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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