Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2025 [1] – Ernster Humor: Hagen String Quartet with Mao Fujita (piano). Saanen Church, Switzerland, 21.8.2025. (CC)
Music-making of the highest possible standard from the Hagens in Gstaad
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Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra
United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)
The Art of Fugue: Schiff and Nosrati at the peak of their artistic powers ascend Bach’s musical ‘Everest’
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [20] – J. S. Bach, The Art of Fugue: Sir András Schiff (piano), Schaghajegh Nostrati (piano). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2025. (CSa)
Another splendidly Boulezian programme at the Salzburg Festival
United Kingdom Salzburg Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Boulez, Varèse: Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Klangforum Wien / Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 23.8.2025. (MB)
A breath of fresh air blows through St Florian Bruckner Days with Katherina Wincor
Austria St Florianer Brucknertage 2025 – Brahms, Bruckner: Altomonte Orchestra / Katherina Wincor (conductor). Sankt Florian, 22.8.2025. (KW)
A distinguished recital by Barry Douglas at the Clandeboye Festival
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2025 [2] – Schubert, Debussy, Beethoven: Barry Douglas (piano). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 21.8.2025. (RB)
An ‘arena’ La bohème, a rock concerto and a glistening violin debut in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [14]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Kavakos indulges in Bach, while Pite and McBurney take us on a dance journey into extinction
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [11]: 23.8.2025. (SRT)
