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Lancé en janvier 2008, Bachtrack se positionne comme le premier site dédié à la musique classique, à l'opéra et à la danse à l'échelle mondiale, que ce soit en salle ou en streaming. Chaque année, nous recensons plus de 30 000 événements et publions environ 130 critiques mensuelles rédigées par une équipe de 150 rédacteurs répartis à travers le globe. Nous avons également la chance d'interviewer des chanteurs d'opéra renommés, des artistes de talent d'aujourd'hui et de demain, ainsi que des figures clés qui travaillent en coulisses. De plus, nous mettons en avant des festivals, des concours et les nouvelles saisons. Notre site est accessible en anglais, français, allemand et espagnol, et nous disposons de rédacteurs en chef spécialisés pour chaque langue. Plus de 250 000 visiteurs mensuels naviguent sur notre plateforme depuis le monde entier.

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Prinz, Papst, Polyphonie: Palestrina500 mit Stile Antico

2 days ago | bachtrack.com | Jens Klier

Die Auftritte des britischen Vokalensembles Stile Antico sind mir in bester Erinnerung. Nicht deshalb, weil meine vor jetzigem Konzert leider nur zwei konkreten Begegnungen, live in Bonn für eine Auswahl an Christmas Carols und digital zum 500. Gedenktag Josquins anlässlich des Boston Early Music Festival, äußerst überschaubar und damit gut rekapitulierbar sind.
Exciting debut elevates Met Opera The Queen of Spades

2 days ago | bachtrack.com | Cameron Kelsall

Every critic dreams of witnessing a “star-is-born” moment, discovering on a whim an artist bound for an extraordinary career. At the Metropolitan Opera, singers like Roberta Peters and Kiri Te Kanawa began their illustrious associations with unplanned debuts, instantly announcing their importance by weathering the most difficult of circumstances.
Yannick's debut, Stemme's farewell: Tristan und Isolde in Philly

5 days ago | bachtrack.com | Cameron Kelsall

Before decamping for their customary residencies in Colorado and upstate New York, the Philadelphia Orchestra ushered in the warmer months with a complete concert staging of Tristan und Isolde – a choice that gave an entirely new definition to the concept of “summer loving”. In 1934, this ensemble offered the first uncut performances of the opera in the United States, but it had only been heard in excerpted form since then.
Giancarlo Guerrero’s Pittsburgh program grows from sprout to symphony

6 days ago | bachtrack.com | Sam Jacobson

This weekend’s Pittsburgh Symphony program presented three works in reverse chronological order. Returning to the Heinz Hall podium was guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, substituting for the originally scheduled Cristian Mӑcelaru. Opening the evening was the 2021 work Sprout by Sean Shepherd in what was essentially its first live performance. Sprout was written for California’s Cabrillo Festival.
Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall

6 days ago | bachtrack.com | Edward Sava-Segal

The second instalment of “Kissin and Friends” at Carnegie Hall reaffirmed Evgeny Kissin’s deep engagement with Shostakovich’s chamber music as both an intimate and morally charged realm. Whereas the first evening focused on sonatas for piano and strings, this programme brought together a larger group of distinguished collaborators to explore vocal and instrumental works, offering a gripping sequence of emotional extremes – from mockery to grief, from coded satire to folk inflections.
Melting Mendelssohn from Randall Goosby and the RSNO in Edinburgh

1 week ago | bachtrack.com | Simon Thompson

Even in Scotland the summer seems to have arrived, and the warmth outside the Usher Hall seemed to generate the perfect conditions to listen to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra playing Debussy’s languid Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, perhaps the most sensuous hymn to summer heat ever composed.
The Philadelphia Orchestra discovers Florence Price once again

1 week ago | bachtrack.com | Cameron Kelsall

Before offering the subscription debut of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement with the Philadelphia Orchestra, pianist Lara Downes shared an encouraging anecdote. Speaking to the audience at Marian Anderson Hall, Downes recounted a recent educational visit to a West Philadelphia elementary school, where she found that the students had as much familiarity with Price’s music as they did with Beethoven’s.
À Lviv, la renaissance musicale de l'Ukraine libre

1 week ago | bachtrack.com | Rémi Monti

En Ukraine, on ne sait jamais tout à fait ce qu'on va trouver sur scène. L'excellence absolue d'un orchestre ou un ensemble qui peine à maintenir son rang. Rien de plus compréhensible dans ces conditions. Il y a les musiciens partis au front (et ceux qui ne reviendront jamais). Il y a les 7 millions exilés à l'étranger, et les 6 millions d’exilés à l'intérieur du pays. Lviv est une terre d'exil naturel à l'intérieur du pays.
Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

1 week ago | bachtrack.com | Roy Westbrook

The orchestral prelude is playing. Herman is wandering St Petersburg alone. A set of giant tarnished mirrors parts to reveal a hectic gambling scene, then a young woman, Lisa. They become Herman’s twin obsessions; the former will destroy the latter, and then Herman himself. No one has sung a note, but a tragedy has been foretold. It is typical of Garsington’s intelligent and insightful new production of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades.
Existenzielle Träume mit dem Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Köln

1 week ago | bachtrack.com | Jens Klier

Mit einem kleinen Auszug aus dem erstmals im Dezember 2020 digital präsentierten romantischen Traum-Programm Raphaël Pichons, Pygmalions und des Baritons Stéphane Degout in der ersten Spielhälfte sowie Wagners Siegfried-Idyll und Mendelssohns Schottischer Symphonie im zweiten Teil sollte sich der französische Dirigent und Ensembleleiter beim Mahler Chamber Orchestra vorstellen, dessen knackige Vier-Städte-in-vier-Tagen-Tour Station in der Kölner Philharmonie machte.