Sweden. Opera Gala at Dalhalla: Soloists, Dalhalla Festival Orchestra, Dalasinfoniettan Chorus, Patrik Ringborg (conductor). 11.8.2012 (GF)
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EIF 9: Intelligent Programming from the Remarkable Andsnes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2012. (SRT)
EIF 8: Shimmering Orchestral Playing in WNO’s Tristan und Isolde
United Kingdom Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (concert performance), Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.8.2012 (SRT)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2: Hippo Song Singalong with FitzHigham and Walsh-Atkins
United Kingdom Flanders and Swann: Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh-Atkins, Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33), Edinburgh,16.8.2012. (SRT)
EIF 7: Wind music with Panache, Precision and Flair
United Kingdom Ibert, Ravel, Milhaud, Barber, Zemlinsky, Taffanel: Les Vents Français, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 15,8.2012.(SRT)
Spanish Brigands Become Modern Guerillas at Buxton
United Kingdom Burnand & Sullivan, The Contrabandista, The Glitter & Twisted Theatre Company / Suzanne Barnes (conductor), Buxton G&S Festival, The Pavilion Theatre, Buxton. 5.8.2012 (RJW)
Tackling Olympic Chamber Music from Bach to Fauré
United States Bach/Brahms, Beethoven, Fauré: Paul Hersh (piano), Wayne Lee (violin), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 12.8.2012 (BJ)
Prom 42: Bartok and Prokofiev Delight, but Neuwirth Challenges.
United Kingdom Prom 42: Prokofiev, Olga Neuwirth, Bartok: Laurence Power (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2012 (CG)