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Kent Nagano and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal have won the JUNO Award in the category CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR—LARGE ENSEMBLE for the recording GINASTERA—BERNSTEIN—MOUSSA. The recording was published in November 2020 on the Analekta label
Recorded live in concert at the Maison symphonique de Montréal in 2019 by the OSM under its now Conductor Emeritus Kent Nagano, the album brings together works performed by the Orchestra’s Concertmaster Andrew Wan such as Alberto Ginastera’s Violin concerto, Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion and the Violin Concerto “Adrano” by Samy Moussa, a world premiere recording and OSM-commissioned work.
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The latest CD of spanish violinist Francisco Fullana has been released by Orchid Classics today, 28 May 2021 . READ MORE
Live from the Royal Opera House of Versailles – three “divas,” Met stars Ailyn Pérez, Nadine Sierra and Isabel Leonard present an extraordinary program of arias and scenes from the most popular operas, such as Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, as well as songs by Rossini and Manuel Ponce, among others, on May 22 at 7 p.m. CET as part of the Met Stars Live in Concert series. READ MORE
Francisco Fullana’s EP BACH’S LONG SHADOW: The Chaconne Files was releasedby Orchid Classics digitally on 14 May.
Featuring Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita in D minor and Joan Valent’s Punta Campanella, which are not included on the CD, Fullana gives a taste of the CD to follow.
The CD release of BACH’S LONG SHADOW will be on 28 May 2021.
On 12 May at 7:30 pm UK time, the BBC Philharmonic with their Chief Conductor, Omer Meir Wellber, present a programme with two symphonies by Joseph Haydn, No.s 34 and 46. They are joined by pianist Daniel Ciobanu for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 (K488).
Haydn: Symphony No. 34
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (K 488)
Haydn: Symphony No. 46
Daniel Ciobanu – piano
BBC Philharmonic
Omer Meir Wellber – conductor
Midori will be a guest of the Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae for three concerts. In Tarragona, Lleida and Barcelona, she will perform Brahms Violin Concerto in D major with the orchestra under Tomàs Grau. All three concerts will take place in front of an audience.
The concerts at a glance:
24 April, 8:30 p.m.: Teatre Tarragona, Tarragona
25 April, 7 p.m.: Auditori Enric Granados, Lleida
26 April, 8 p.m.: Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, Tomàs Grau
Brahms: Violin concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
The Music Room continues!
After exploring Beethoven with The Music Room: Reflecting Beethoven (2020), now follows The Music Room: Discovering Ben-Haim. On four dates, the Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim will be discussed by Omer Meir Wellber and different guests from various points of view.
The episodes can be viewed via the BBC Philharmonic website, or on Twitter and Facebook. An IGTV video on Instagram will follow the next day.READ MORE
Christine Goerke, Elza van den Heever, Andreas Schager and Michael Volle live from the foyer of the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden on Saturday, 8 May at 7 p.m. CET.
New York’s Metropolitan Opera continues its Met Stars Live in Concert series at extraordinary venues in Europe and the United States: on 8 May from the Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany, and on 22 May from the Royal Opera House of the Palace of Versailles in France.READ MORE