United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (1) – Llŷr Williams (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, 12. 8.2011 (SRT)
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Three Choirs Festival 2011 (7) – Young Scottish Musicians propel Worcester into the 21st Century.
United Kingdom Ravel, Mahler, James MacMillan: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Christoph-Mathias Mueller (conductor), Jane Irwin (soprano), Worcester Cathedral, 11.8.2011 (RJ)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (10) – Shakespeare Songs, Scarlatti and Appalachian Spring
United States Aspen Music Festival (10): Shakespeare songs, pianist Inon Barnatan plays Scarlatti, David Robertson conducts Appalachian Spring. 11.8.2011 (HS)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (5) – Sir Andrew Davis’ fine performance of an Elgar rarity
United Kingdom Elgar, Caractacus, Op. 35 (1898): Judith Howarth (soprano) (Eigen), Ben Johnson (tenor) (Orbin). Peter Savidge (baritone) (Caractacus), Stephen Roberts (baritone) (Arch-Druid & Bard), Brindley Sherratt (bass) (Claudius), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Worcester Cathedral. 10.8.2011 (JQ)
Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Youth Festival 2011 – Young Singers Excel in HMS Pinafore
United Kingdom Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists and Chorus of Buxton Festival Youth Production, Buxton, Derbyshire 6.8.2011 (RJW)
Prom 32 – Brahms and some rare early Mahler
United Kingdom Brahms and Mahler: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Melanie Diener (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor),Christopher Purves (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner. Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2011. (JPr)
Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival Offers Mozart, Donizetti and Rossini
United States Lyric Opera of Chicago ‘s Ryan Center Artists at the Grant Park Music Festival: Grant Park Orchestra, Artists of the Ryan Opera Center, Chicago, Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago, 6.8.2011 (JLZ)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (4) – A memorable Mahler performance from the Philharmonia and Susanna Mälkki
United Kingdom Mahler; Symphony No 3 in D minor Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Ladies of the Festival Chorus, Choristers of the Three Cathedral Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki. Worcester Cathedral. 8.8.2011 (JQ)