Elīna Garanča. Photo courtesy of the artist and BroadStage. Upcoming Concerts in the U.S. May 10, 2024, 7:30 P.M. BroadStage, Santa Monica, California. Elīna Garanča with Orchestra, Conducted by Karel Mark Cichon. BUY TICKETS AND […]
The recent Göttedämmung at the Royal Festival Hall was due to feature Brindley Sherratt as Hagen. It was not to be (although there was a luxury stand-in); in compensation, we have this remarkable disc for […]
Stéphane Fuguet & Les Épopées (Photo: Pascal Le Mée) In June 2024, harpsichordist, conductor and director, Stéphane Fuguet and his ensemble, Les Épopées are releasing their recording of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo on the Château de Versailles […]
We met Huw Watkins (seen by some as the leading Welsh composer of his generation) at Milton Court recently, for the World Premiere of his Horn Concerto. That was not Classical Explorer’s first reportage of […]
Samantha Clarke (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) Mozart in 1774 – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 30, Bassoon Concerto, music from La finta giardiniera, music from Paisiello’s Andromeda; Samantha Clarke, Jane Gower, The Mozartists, Ian Page; Wigmore HallReviewed […]
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Maxim Emelyanychev in Aberdeen (Photo: Christopher Bowen) The 2024/25 season sees Maxim Emelyanychev returning for his sixth season as principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) with nine concerts, both as […]
We met violinist Fenella Humphreys before in a disc of works for violin and piano by Sibelius (in which she was joined by the ever-excellent pianist Joseph Tong). Here she is, toute seule, offering a […]
Five years on, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra returned to Carnegie Hall now with its new Chief Conductor. In line with the ‘Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice’, the concert opened with […]
European Union Chamber Orchestra King’s Lynn Festival’s annual celebration of all things Early Music, its Early Music Day will be returning to St Nicholas’ Chapel on Saturday 20 July featuring a lunchtime organ recital with […]
Monteverdi I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (director / organ). Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, 29.04.2024 O primavera, gioventù dell’anno, SV 68 (publ. 1592) ‘Rimanti in pace’ a dolente e bella, SV 74 (publ. 1592) Lamento della […]
