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In these sacred halls: a long Sunday at the George Enescu International Festival

Hilary Summers and Leonardo Cortellazzi in Fin de partie
© Andrada Pavel
Frode Olsen and Leigh Melrose in Fin de partie
© Andrada Pavel
Manfred Honeck conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
© Andrei Gîndac
Manfred Honeck and Yo Kitamura
© Andrei Gîndac
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“Honeck poured heart and soul into Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony”
Reviewed at Romanian Atheneum (Ateneul Român), Bucharest on 7 September 2025
Kurtág, Fin de partie
Arnaud Arbet, Conductor
Joël Soichez, Conductor
George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Frode Olsen, Hamm
Leigh Melrose, Clov
Hilary Summers, Nell
Leonardo Cortellazzi, Nagg
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Reviewed at Palace Hall (Sala Palatului), Bucharest on 7 September 2025
Enescu, Sinfonia Concertante, for cello and orchestra
Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Manfred Honeck, Conductor
Yo Kitamura, Cello
Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up
****1
Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando
***11
Bang! Mozart’s volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte
****1
Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival
****1
Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box
*****
A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival
****1
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