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2023-09-09 12:00:00
Beethovenfest Bonn features the first appearance of Israeli-American conductor Yoel Gamzou's new kind of orchestra, bridging genres and playing 50% first performances
2022-07-20 13:23:00
21st Birthday: Oxford Lieder Festival comes of age with a celebration of Friendship in Song
This Autumn, Oxford Lieder Festival celebrates its 21st birthday with a fortnight of song (from 14 to 29 October 2022) under the banner Friendship in Song: An Intimate Art. The focus of the festival is of song-making as a social art, from gatherings round the piano to salons to composers writing for friends. Mark Padmore will be artist in residence, giving an all-Schubert recital, performing lute songs, giving a lecture on Britten's poets, being in conversation with Kate Kennedy as well as leading the festival's Mastercourse with young singers.Holywell Music RoomBaritone Thomas Oliemans will be giving a performance of Winterreise, accompanying himself on the piano, and there will be appearances from Dame Sarah Connolly, Christoph Prégardien, Kate Royal, Carolyn Sampson, Camilla Tilling, Dorothea Röschmann, Roderick Williams, Birgid Steinberger, Thomas Oliemans, Claire Booth, Benjamin Appl, Christopher Purves, James Gilchrist, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice, Werner Güra, Sarah Wegener and Julian Prégardien. But it is with the themed […]
2021-09-16 13:30:32
Usually held annually in Bonn, Germany, the 2020 Beethovenfest and celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday was cancelled due to COVID-19 and imposed restrictions. The festival was able to return this year, presenting over 50 concerts between August 20 and September 10, 2021. This year's festival motto was “Resurrect, yes, resurrect!” inspired by Mahler’s “Resurrection” […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-08-10 16:42:49
The Beethovenfest Bonn announced that its opening concert will be broadcast live for the public on August 20, 2021. The performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will feature the VOX BONA Kammerchor der Kreuzkirche Bonn, Le Concert des Nations, conductor Jordi Savall, soprano Sara Gouzy, mezzo soprano Laila Salome Fischer and baritone Manuel Walser. Held in Beethoven's birthplace […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..