A big, varied lineup is sensibly divided among a blues and roots stage (Buddy Guy, Isaac Hayes, Solomon Burke), a "jazz heritage" stage for the big names (Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis, John Scofield, Brad Mehldau, Blind Boys of Alabama), and a locals stage.
At the Jazz & Heritage stage Friday afternoon, clad in lime-green T-shirts, they had the crowd on its feet.
(Full review at Times.co.uk, behind paywall) Hugh Canning, Sunday Times: "David McVicar's pernickety "heritage" staging, which could easily have been signed off by one of Glyndebourne's favourite directors - in campiest vein - at least 40 years ago... Any fears that [Gerald Finley] might have bitten off more than he could chew with this magisterial and lengthy role were largely laid to rest.
A native of Naples, Mr. Muti turned the festival into a forum for the city's incomparably rich musical heritage, with staged performances each year of an opera by an 18th-century master like Paisiello, Cimarosa and Jommelli, as well as the young Mozart.
Various venues, Tue to 6 Apr IA Great North Festival Of Transport, nr Chester-le-Street, to 13 Apr Celebrations of the north-east's mining heritage take centre stage in Old King Coal, the first weekend of the festival.
With Pollini, in the relentless, locomotive energy he brings to so much repertory, the piece roars past as brilliant abstract music; Huebner, loosening the rhythms and giving some brassy boost to the big climaxes, conjures up an invisible ballet, returning the Movements to their heritage on the stage.
Nothing has been compromised when expanding the Marshall heritage of big stage performance to the individual enjoyment of good music.
Strunin said: "Yes, there are two distinct musical heritages represented on stage – that is, Larry was given his song lines by his father Djalu, and Wally was given pop songline heritage by his father in the form of the Beatles Abbey Road album".
Aili Keskitalo, president of the Sami parliament in Norway, which represents people of Sami heritage, called the staging of the conference a historic moment.
During the first week of August, for example, the team will stage Irish Heritage Night and Taiwan Day.
While some see the current halfway house as disenfranchisement, others see it as the best of both worlds – a means of fusing US and Latin culture; a place on the modern world stage with heritage based on Spanish and indigenous roots; Macy's with mofongo.
