… and so to my second and final Messiah this year. I mention this, despite the fact he first was reviewed for a different website: Wild Arts’ staged Messiah at…
Category: Recitals/Concerts
Noël à la Chapelle: Magnificat
Christmas comes to Versailles, and the magnificent Chapelle Royale, courtesy of Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre, one of the finest conductors of Baroque music around. There was even a…
A swallow returns: the elusive final version of Puccini’s La rondine
Although more associated with operas that really reside in the cracks of the repertoire, Opera Rara does investigate – or reconstruct – versions of better-known opera. Their release of the…
Carmina Burana at Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lyric Opera of Chicago recently programmed several performances of Carl Orff’s secular cantata Carmina Burana as part of its fall roster. The soloists were Jasmine Habersham, soprano, David Portillo, tenor,…
Christmas at Wigmore Hall
‘Weihnachten – es naht die jubelvolle Zeit’ was written at the start of Wigmore Hall’s free programme: Christmas – the joyous time is approaching. Innit. And to celebrate the annual…
Handel and Scarlatti in Compare and Contrast Programme from Les Paladins at the Musée de l’Armée, Paris
Established in 2001, the French period instrument ensemble Les Paladins specialises in the performance and recording of rarely performed Baroque repertoire. The name derives from Rameau’s last comédie lyrique, and…
Romanian Music Shines in Recital with Bel Cantanti Opera Company and Nicolae Bretan Music Society
This month, for the first time, Bel Cantanti Opera Company and the Nicolae Bretan Music Foundation are joining forces to promote the composer’s legacy and Romanian music and culture in…
Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène with the LPO and Karina Canellakis
Lili Boulanger was one of the most fascinating – and tragic – of female twentieth-century composers. The first woman to win the Prix de Rome in 1912, for the work…
An all-British line-up with the Sinfonia of London
These days it’s comparatively rare to come across a concert programme consisting entirely of works by different British composers, performed by an orchestra made up of mostly British-born musicians, with…
Historic Philadelphia Recital Comes To Rural Virginia with Loudoun Lyric Opera
One hundred years after its original performance in 1915, Dorothy Leona Jewell’s recital in Philadelphia received a reenactment this past weekend at Faith Chapel Gathering Place in Lucketts, VA. Jewell’s…