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Enescu Festival 2023 – Collegium Vocale Gent. Philippe Herreweghe conducts Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B-minor, BWV232. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Friday, September 15, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest I rarely listen to what I know to be Bach's wonderful musical statement, but having become bewitched by this year's Enescu Festival and its numerous daily events, not least the amazing roll-call of visiting...
HYPERION HITS 10 MILLION STREAMS & LAUNCHES CURATED CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER STREAMING RELEASE PROGRAMME CHAPTER 1: ‘SUPERPIANISTS #1’ AVAILABLE TODAY.
Label surpasses 10 million streams, six weeks after launching initial 200 albums Over 700 albums to be made available by end of 2023 Chapter-by-chapter release programme every fortnight, starting today Just six weeks after joining...
MANCHESTER CAMERATA ANNOUNCE SEASON FULL OF NEW COLLABORATIONS, WORLD PREMIERES AND VARIED PROGRAMMES, WITH DANIEL PIORO, RUSHIL RANJAN AND KANTOS CHAMBER CHOIR AS NEW ARTISTIC PARTNERS ALONGSIDE MUSIC DIRECTOR GÁBOR TAKÁCS-NAGY.
Manchester Camerata and Space Afrika © Robin Clewley NEW ARTISTIC PARTNERS – violinist Daniel Pioro, composer Rushil Ranjan and northern based chamber choir Kantos announced as the Camerata’s new Artistic Partners WORLD PREMIERES – of works by Blasio Kavuma and Carmel...
Anna Clyne appointed Composer in Association of the BBC Philharmonic.
Beginning in October with the UK premiere of her first commission Glasslands at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Anna Clyne will compose three new scores for the BBC Philharmonic in her new role as Composer in Association. Her first piece in the role is Glasslands, which...
RELEASED TODAY, September 15: Pentatone releases Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony & Esa-Pekka Salonen in Bartók’s three Piano Concertos.
Previously published on August 22 Unmissable, essential - forgive these buzz words, but they fit this superb release: three masterworks (eighty minutes) captured in exceptional, perfectly balanced, and immediate, sound (June 2022 & Feb 2023) - no detail or nuance...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Victoria Poleva’s White Interment & Richard Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie, with Vilde Frang playing Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Victoria Poleva (born 1962) Thursday, September 14, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania For their second Enescu Festival concert, Vladimir Jurowski and the Bavarian State Orchestra opened with the fifteen-minute White Interment by Ukrainian...
New York Philharmonic 2023–24 Season Opening Concerts.
In late September through October 2023, the NY Phil presents six orchestral programs at the Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall. Music Director Jaap van Zweden, in his farewell season, conducts the first two subscription programs, with the rest of October featuring...
The Philadelphia Orchestra Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Historic 1973 Tour of China with Ensemble Performances and Residency Activities in Multiple Cities in China.
Anniversary of Historic 1973 Tour of China with Ensemble Performances and Residency Activities in Multiple Cities in ChinaBeijing, Tianjin, Suzhou, and Shanghai will host activities including anniversary concerts, chamber performances, and master classes with 14...
Joy & Devotion 2023: the Polish Sacred Music Festival.
Poland’s sacred music extravaganza returns toSt Martin-in-the-Fields ‘Joy & Devotion’ Festival 2023 7 – 11 November 2023 | St Martin-in-the-Fields, London The Joy & Devotion festival, celebrating the great tradition of sacred choral music from Poland from...