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Nov 24, 2023 · Joy and hope from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim. Dudamel leads Los Angeles Philharmonic in exuberant celebration of Día de los Muertos. Double trouble: Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson join forces in duo recital. Try a little tenderness: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott soothe the soul at the Barbican.
Guide to Classical Music, Opera and Dance in London
Nov 24, 2023 · Dvořák, Brahms, Fauré. Momen, Marwood, Jackson, Waterman. Bachtrack offers the best guide to classical concerts, opera, ballet and dance events in London. We offer the most comprehensive classical finder and review site for classical events too.
Critics’ Choice 2023: the world’s top ten conductors and orchestras
Sep 11, 2023 · Sir Simon Rattle maintains his podium finish position, again coming 2nd, but it was his successor at the Berlin Phil, Kirill Petrenko, who has soared from 7th place in 2015 to top the 2023 poll. The Russian conductor was chosen by ten of our panel, with third place being his lowest ranking. Being tied to the top ranking orchestra will have ...
Uncompromising theatre: Gilgamesh world premiere by Sydney …
Sep 27, 2024 · In a press release, Artistic Director Jo Davies is quoted as saying, “Opera Australia is thrilled to be staging our first ever collaboration with both Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks, and working with these incredible innovators. The future of opera in this country depends on Australian companies working together to produce new repertoire by homegrown creatives, expanding ...
Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet. Prokofiev, Cinderella. Adam, Giselle. Minkus, Don Quixote. Various, Revelations. Ellington, Night Creature. Marsalis, For Four. All the statistics are based on the performances which have been listed on Bachtrack for 2023. This is not an exhaustive list.
Chaos in the Underworld: Andriy Zholdak directs - Bachtrack
Jun 6, 2024 · If every generation has its own crises, then Fidelio’s enduring power ought to be that it shows humanity’s perennial urge to get back on its feet. However, if director Andriy Zholdak’s re-visioning for Dutch National Opera is “Fidelio for the 21st century™”, then may God help us all. “I decided not to tell the story,” he announces in the programme – always an interesting move ...
Joy, endurance, joining in: BBC Singers’ centenary at the Barbican
By Eleanor Knight, 03 October 2024. We all know the BBC’s famous mission statement – and we’ll come to it – but last night’s centenary concert of one of the corporation’s crown jewels was a glittering celebration of joy, endurance and joining in. Georgia Mann and Clive Myrie, commentating from the stage for BBC Radio 3 listeners ...
The year in statistics. In 2016 BACHTRACK.COM LISTED 32,459 PERFORMANCES. 18,046 concert performances. 10,086 opera performances. 4,327 dance performances. The Japanese are the most Romantic. Early/baroque Classical 20th Century Contemporary Romantic. UK. USA.
Sit up and listen: Nombulelo Yende | Bachtrack
Oct 8, 2024 · Sit up and listen: Nombulelo Yende. To have one star soprano in the family is good fortune. To have two is extraordinary. And for two sisters to emerge from a South African township to conquer the world stage is, to my mind, a cause for serious celebration. Nombulelo Yende, 33, is the younger sister, by about five years, of the international ...
Celebrating the Wind Music of Carl Nielsen - Bachtrack
Feb 11, 2015 · In 1926, Nielsen began writing a flute concerto, the first of the planned five wind concerti. Written for and premiered by Holger Gilbert-Jespersen, the flautist who succeeded Paul Hagemann in the Copenhagen Wind Quintet, the Flute Concerto retains Nielsen’s early melodic tendencies while further pushing the boundaries of traditional tonality and conventional form.