John Adams, El Niño: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Marin Alsop (conductor). Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 23.4.2024. (ES-S) Production: Libretto arranged by John Adams and Peter Sellars Director – Lileana Blain-Cruz Sets – Adam Rigg Costumes – Montana Levi Blanco Lighting – Yi Zhao Puppet design – James Ortiz Choreographer ... Read more ..read more

Skye, Mozart, Beethoven, ‘Horizons: Beethoven + Skye’: Tereza Stanislav (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (LV) Derrick Skye – Prisms, Cycles, Leaps 3 Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 Beethoven – Symphony No.4, Op.60 The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) was founded in 1968 ... Read more ..read more

Musorgsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Maria Ioudenitch (violinist), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.4.2024. (GT) Musorgsky – Khovanschina: Prelude- Dawn on the Moscow River (1873) Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op 74 ‘Pathétique’ This spring evening welcomed the Dresden Philharmonic ... Read more ..read more

Mendelssohn: Sir Andras Schiff (pianist and conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.4.2024. (CK) Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto No.1; Symphony No.1; Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’ There was a palpable sense of excitement in a packed Queen Elizabeth Hall on Wednesday: Sir Andras Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ... Read more ..read more

BBC Proms welcomes the world’s best international and British orchestras to the Royal Albert Hall and launches more residencies across the UK  Ninety Proms feature over 3,000 musicians over eight weeks, including star soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Yunchan Lim, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sheku, Braimah and Isata Kanneh-Mason, and weekend festivals in Bristol, Nottingham and Gateshead. ... Read more ..read more

Firsova, Britten, Holst: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Elektra Women’s Choir, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Gemma New (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.4..2024. (GN) Alissa Firsova – Die Windsbraut, Op.38 Britten – Violin Concerto, Op.15 Holst – The Planets, Op.32 Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s appearances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra over the past decade have been a delight, including ... Read more ..read more

Various: Israeli Chamber Project (Carmit Zori, Kobi Malkin Andreoli [violins], Guy Ben-Ziony [viola], Michael Korman [cello], Tibi Cziger [clarinet], Sivan Magen [harp], Assaff Weisman [piano]), Karim Sulayman (tenor). Merkin Hall, New York, 12.4.2024. (DS) R. Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op.73 Gity Razaz – Flowing Down the Widening Rings of Being (world premiere) Zohar Sharon – The ... Read more ..read more

Sigi Hänger and Christoph Oellig, Himmelreich: Soloists, Chorus, Orchestra / Gerrit Junge (conductor). Barclays Arena, Hamburg, 20.4.2024. (DMD) In Germany, the New Apostolic Church has around 300,000 members across three local sections. One of these, covering Northern and Eastern Germany, was behind the organisation and logistics of a massive pop oratorio that had its world ... Read more ..read more

Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / James Conlon (conductor). Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.4.2024. (JRo) Production: Director – Shawna Lucey Production – Robert Innes Hopkins Lighting – Michael Clark Choreography – John Heginbotham Chorus director – Jeremy Frank Cast:    Violetta Valéry – Rachel Willis-Sørensen Alfredo Germont – Lipartit Avetisyan Giorgio ... Read more ..read more

Various: Yefim Bronfman (piano). San Francisco Symphony Great Performers, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 21.4.2024. (HS) Schubert – Piano Sonata in A minor, D.784 R. Schumann – Faschingschwank aus Wien Esa-Pekka Salonen – ‘Sisar’ Chopin – Nocturne No.2 in D-flat major, Op.27 Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83 Pianist Yefim Bronfman brings ... Read more ..read more