Germany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)
More playing that was deserving high praise in Landshut’s final three concerts
Michael Cookson
Landshut’s first three concerts has chamber music players operating at an elevated level
Germany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026 [1]: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)
A fun Summer Holiday The Musical in Blackpool has a timeless, feelgood story and captivating characters
United Kingdom Summer Holiday The Musical: Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 29.7.2026. (MC)
Visiting Dresden the Rotterdam Phil give a compelling concert, with Malofeev’s Grieg the crowning stroke
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [8] – Wagenaar, Grieg, Brahms: Alexander Malofeev (piano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 2.6.2026. (MC)
Nadja Loschky’s Carmen disappointed in a production saved by the professionalism of the performers
Germany Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Semperoper Children’s Choir, Saxon State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Lorenzo Passerini (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 1.6.2026. (MC)
With such a first-class cast it was hard not to be delighted by Dresden’s uplifting Nino Rota rarity
Germany Nino Rota, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (Der Florentiner Hut / The Italian Straw Hat): Soloists, Saxon State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Daniele Squeo (conductor). Semperoper Dresden, 31.5.2026. (MC)
Seeing clarinettist Martin Fröst, whether Dresden or elsewhere, should be on your concert bucket list
Germany Widmann, Weber, Beethoven: Martin Fröst (clarinet), Dresden Philharmonic / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 30.5.2026. (MC)
Mightily successful Dresden all-Schubert concert by the Trio Moreau with plenty of romantic drama
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [7] – Schubert: Trio Moreau. Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 29.5.2026. (MC)
