United Kingdom This is Rattle: Varèse, Machaut, Byrd and Birtwistle: BBC Singers; Nash Ensemble / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 23.9.2017. (CC)
Colin Clarke
The LSO are Memorable Berlioz as Part of the This is Rattle Festival
United Kingdom Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Bryan Hymel (Faust); Karen Cargill (Marguerite); Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès); Gábor Bretz (Brander); Tiffin Boys’ Choir; Tiffin Girls’ Choir; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.9.2017. (CC)
Irresistible Story Telling from Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Pfitzner, Mahler: Christiane Karg (soprano); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.9.2017. (CC)
Julia Jones Conducts a Satisfying and Well-Sung Royal Opera Die Zauberflöte
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Julia Jones (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12.9.2017. (CC)
A Fascinating Prom from Tilson Thomas and the VPO – Not Least in the Encore
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 74 – Brahms, Mozart, Beethoven: Emanuel Ax (piano); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2017. (CC)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
An Imaginatively Planned Russian Prom from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 71 – Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Britten, Shostakovich: Alina Ibragimova (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2017. (CC)
The Pittsburgh Symphony Returns to the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 69 – Adams, Dvořák, Mahler: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2017. (CC)
(c) Chris Christodoulou
Stunning Rihm from Gatti and the Concertgebouw but their Bruckner is Less Exalted
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 64 – Rihm, Bruckner: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2017. (CC)