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August 3, 2023 • 11:01 am Comments Off on Jimmy López Bellido at BBC Proms

Jimmy López Bellido at BBC Proms

Prom 27 on Friday, 4 August 2023 at 19:30 London Time opens with the UK premiere of Jimmy López Bellido’s Perú negro. Also on the program are Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Yuja Wang and William Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast; Klaus Mäkelä conducts. The performance will be broadcast here.

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August 2, 2023 • 11:15 am Comments Off on Seattle’s Summer of Chamber Music

Seattle’s Summer of Chamber Music

James Ehnes, Gabriel Kahane, and Jens Lindemann performed the premiere of Kahane’s ‘Mozart Songs.’ (Photos by Jenna Poppe)

Here’s my report for Classical Voice North America on Seattle Chamber Music Society’s just-concluded 2023 Summer Festival:

There’s nothing quite like the gentle euphoria triggered by a heavy intake of live chamber music. In the heart of summer, the Emerald City becomes a magnet for chamber-music enthusiasts, lured by the quality and variety of the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s month-long Summer Festival. This bonanza of concerts and related programs fills up the month of July — yet always seems to end too soon.

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