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Norway’s 15-day Bergen Festival opens in the Grieghallen
In a seaside city that serves as the gateway to the Norwegian Fjords, a vibrant 15-day multi-arts festival opens in Grieghallen, the massive exhibition center that is also the concert hall home of the Bergen Philharmonic. (Grieg himself was the orchestra's music director from 1880-1882.) This year's festival is available to a worldwide audience online. […]
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Williams creates something for a friend>>
July 24:A highlight of this shortened season at the Tanglewood Music Festival ln Lenox, Mass., the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is the world premiere of John Williams’ Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Anne Sophie Mutter and Williams as conductor. The next day, composer Thomas Adès leads the two-day 2021 Festival of […]
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Rising flutist offers rarity in fest debut>>
The Grant Park Music Festival, which takes place in Millennium Park with Chicago’s dramatic skyline as a backdrop, runs eight weeks instead of the usual ten this year, and music director Carlos Kalmar has put the same emphasis on new and adventuresome works as he has in recent years. Among the highlights is the debut […]
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Glimmerglass moves the action outside>>
July 29-Aug. 17: Full festival details. Acclaimed bass-baritone and Glimmerglass artistic adviser Eric Owens has a high profile, performing the enlarged role of Sarastro in what is described as a “storytelling” version of The Magic Flute (July 29 and Aug. 2, 7, 12, 15, and 17). The Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., normally performs in […]
At Caramoor: Muhly’s ‘Shrink’ with Kuusisto>>
July 30: Full details. The Caramoor summer festival — which is currently underway on an 80-acre estate in Katonah, N.Y., in northern Westchester County — is giving the New York premiere of composer Nico Muhly’s Shrink, featuring The Knights and Finnish “one-of-a-kind” violinist Pekka Kuusisto. It's the only chance to hear the work in the […]
