United States Mostly Mozart Festival (5): Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (Conductor), Juho Pohjonen (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 17.8.2011 (SSM)
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Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) (3) – Adelaide di Borgogna and Il Viaggio a Reims or ‘ROF Funeral Services’
Italy Rossini, Adelaide di Borgogna: Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), Teatro Rossini, Pesaro, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Conductor – Dmitri Jurowski; Sets, Costumes, Projections and Stage Director: Pier Alli 17.8.2011 (JB)
Rossini Opera Festival ROF (2) – La Scala di Seta and the Rossini Entertainment Business
Italy Rossini, La Scala di Seta: Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), Pesaro, Orchestra Sinfonica G Rossigni, Conductor – José Miguel Pérez-Sierra; Director, Damiano Michieletto; Sets and Costumes – Paolo Fantin; Lighting – Alessandro Carletti. 15.8.2011 (JB)
Aspen Music Festival (13) – A fully staged West Side Story, recitals by Meyer and Chang,Ravel’s Piano Trio and some Messiaen
United States Aspen Music Festival (13): Recitals by Edgar Meyer (bass) and Sarah Chang (violin), Steven Osborne and friends play Ravel’s Piano Trio, Opera Theater does West Side Story. 19.8.2011 (HS)
Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) (1) – Where Was Moses When the Lights Went Out?
Italy Rossini, Mosè in Egitto: Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale Bologna; Conductor, Roberto Abbado; Director, Graham Vick; Sets and Costumes Stuart Mann; Lighting Giuseppe di Iorio; Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini, : Rossini Opera Festival (ROF), Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, 14.8.2011 (JB)
Prom 44 – Salonen and the Philharmonia in a somewhat variable Russian Prom
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky : Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8. 2011 (CC)
Edinburgh Festival Fringe (4) Fresh, energetic and explosive playing from the Heath Quartet
United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (4): The Heath Quartet, Greyfriars Kirk, 19.08.2011 (SRT)
Edinburgh Festival Fringe (3) – Humour and grandeur in Llŷr Williams’ Beethoven cycle
United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (3) : Llŷr Williams (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, 19.8.2011 (SRT)