United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Orchestra of the Mariinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2011 (MB)
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Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra turn most of Istanbul into ‘believers’
Turkey Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Castellanos, Chavez, Stravinsky: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Halic Convention Center, Istanbul, 8. – 9. 8.2011 (AM)
Prom 35 – A revival of Glière’s Concerto for Coloratura Soprano
United Kingdom Liszt, Glière, Rachmaninov : Ailish Tynan (soprano); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits. Royal Albert Hall, London. 10. 8. 2011 (CC)
Proms Matinée (1) – Music to celebrate Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s 75th birthday
United Kingdom Bennett, Dutilleux, Maconchy: Paul Silverthorne (viola), London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London. 13.8.2011 (CG)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (9) – Choral perfection achieved in less than a week
United Kingdom Weelkes, Byrd, Tomkins, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Stanford, Rubbra, Howells, Lauridson, Tavener, Finzi: Eton Choral Course, Tim Johnson (conductor), Tom Winpenny (organ), Tewkesbury Abbey, 12.8.2011 (RJ)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (8) – A wonderful account of Brahms’s Requiem in Worcester
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Brahms: Peter Atkinson (narrator), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen. Worcester Cathedral, 12.8.2011 (JQ)
Young Swedish Singers in Homage to Jenny Lind and Jussi Björling
Sweden Songs and opera arias : Rebecca Rasmussen (soprano), Swedish Jenny Lind Scholar 2011, Markus Pettersson (tenor), Dmitry Tyapkin (piano), Otto Goldschmidt Scholar 2011 Producer – Britt Marie Aruhn , Missionskyrkan, Borlänge, Sweden, 10.8.2011 (NS)
Mostly Mozart Festival (3) – Mozart’s Unsolemn Solemn Vespers
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (3) Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor), Lucy Crowe (Soprano), Soloists of the Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (Director), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 9.8.2011 (SSM)