United Kingdom Ireland, Ravel, Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor), MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 8.7.2016 (RBa)
Year: 2016
Deeply Satisfying Beethoven from Julia Fischer and Igor Levit
United Kingdom Beethoven: Julia Fischer (violin), Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.7.2016. (MB)
Lindberg and Pöntinen Present a Concerto Premiere and New View of Mussorgsky’s Pictures
United Kingdom Lindberg, Schumann, Stravinsky, Albéniz, Mussorgsky: Christian Lindberg (trombone), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2016. (RJ)
Beethoven’s Impassioned Cry for the Rights of Man
United States Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Cincinnati Opera, Jun Märkl (conductor), Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 7.7.2016. (RDA)
Photo: Phillip Groshong
Aspen 2: Three Nights of Chamber Music—One with Breathtaking Hadelich
United States Stravinsky, R. Strauss, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms, Telemann, Paganini, David Lang, Bach, Ysayë: Soloists, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 5-7.7.2016. (HS)
A Deeply Moving Personal Commemoration of the Great War
United Kingdom Cheltenham Festival – From your ever-loving son, Jack: Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), Cheltenham Ladies College, Parabola Arts Centre, 7.7.2016. (JQ)
Doric Quartet Enthral Audience with Bartók and Beethoven
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, Beethoven: Doric Quartet [Alex Reddington, Jonathan Stone (violins), Hélène Clément (viola), John Myerscough (cello)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.7.2016. (RJ)
Aspen 1: A Stucky Tribute and Three Encores from Fleming
United States Stucky, R. Strauss, Rachmaninoff: Aspen Festival Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Renée Fleming (soprano), Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 3.4.2016 (HS)