Switzerland Mahler: Lucerne Festival, Munich Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne 9.9.2012 (JR)
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BBC Proms: A Bit of Everything on the Last Night
United KingdomSimpson, Suk, Delius, Bruch, Puccini, Williams, Dvořák, Elgar, Parry, Wood et al: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Joseph Calleja (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 8.9.12 (GDn)
WNO’s La Bohème Provides an Evening of Powerful Theatre
United Kingdom Puccini, La Bohème (Production Revival): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Simon Phillippo (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.9.2012 (GPu)
Musikfest Berlin 2012[3]: Unfamiliar American Music from LSO and Tilson Thomas
Germany Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman and Charles Ives: Emanuel Ax (piano), Ernst Senff Choir, London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas, Philharmonie, Berlin, 6.9.2012 (MC)
Prom 75: Evocative Alpine Symphony from Haitink and VPO
United Kingdom Haydn and Strauss: London Brass (offstage), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2012 (MB)
Prom 73: Deep, Invigorating Performance from Vienna Philharmonic
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bruckner: Murray Perahia (piano); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernard Haitink, Royal Albert Hall, London, Thursday, 6.9.2012 (CC)
Musikfest Berlin 2012[2]: Missed Opportunities at St Louis Symphony’s Concert
Germany Elliott Carter, Beethoven, Schoenberg and Gershwin:Christian Tetzlaff (violin), St. Louis Symphony/David Robertson (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 5.9.2012 (MC)
LF2: Lucerne Festival Welcomes Nelsons and the CBSO
Switzerland Switzerland Gubaidulina, Shostakovich City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Baiba Skride (violin), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne 4.9.12 (JR)