Switzerland Lucerne Summer Festival 2024 – Mahler’s Seventh Symphony: Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ute Feudel) from the Konzertsaal des KKL Luzern, 16.8.2024 and available on ARTE Concert until 19.8.2025. (JPr)
Concert Reviews
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Modernist masters from the RSNO and the Latin American warmth of the São Paulo musicians in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [14]: Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 18 & 19.8.2024. (GT)
Manfred Honeck brings the Pittsburgh Symphony to Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [6] – Rachmaninov and Mahler: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2024. (MB)
Irish Baroque Orchestra’s delightful potpourri and Midori’s Romantic recital in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [13]: Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (director & harpsichord, 22.8); Midori (violin), Özgür Aydin (piano, 23.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 22 & 23.8.2024. (SRT)
Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon
Portugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)
Typically interesting programmes in Edinburgh from the Kleio Quartet and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [12]: Kleio Quartet (20.8), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano, 21.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20 & 21.8.2024. (SRT)
Ólafsson and Welser-Möst in a richly played Blossom Festival concert
United States Blossom Festival 2024 [5]: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 17.8.2024. (MSJ)
Seong-Jin Cho’s turbulent Liszt and assertive Beethoven at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [10]: Seong-Jin Cho (piano, Queen’s Hall, Usher Hall), Kammerorchester Basel (Usher Hall), 19 & 20.8.2024. (SRT)