Page 516 - Media Coverage Book - 75th Aldeburgh Festival 2024

11 June 2024

The 75th edition of the Aldeburgh Festival gets off to a good, spirited and
proud start
Labels: Aldeburgh, by Tony Cooper, concert review, opera review

Messiaen: Hawari - Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper - Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival (Photo Britten Pears Arts)

Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert; English Touring Opera, dir. Robin Norton-
Hale, cond. Gerry Cornelius
Messiaen song-cycles; Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper
Brtitten, Elgar, Shostakovich; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alban
Gerhardt, cond. Edward Gardner
Schumann and Larcher: André Schuen, Julius Drake
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Vox Luminis, Tuomo Suni, artistic
director, Lionel Meunier

Reviewed by Tony Cooper (12 June 2024)