Wendel savors Rota’s wry lyricism and Yamada takes ownership of Saint-Saëns in Cleveland

United StatesUnited States Summers at Severance 2026 [2] – Various: Brian Wendel (trombone), The Cleveland Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.7.2026. (MSJ)

Kazuki Yamada conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Julian Dubé/TCO

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Exploring mischief and fate with Alina Ibragimova at Lincoln Center

United StatesUnited States Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City [1] – The Play of Fate: Schnittke, Mozart, Schubert: Alina Ibragimova (violin, conductor), Ruggero Allifranchini (violin), Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center. Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, 28.7.2026. (ES-S)

The Play of Fate (featured, violinist Alina Ibragimova) at Lincoln Center © Lawrence Sumulong

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Anniversary celebrations of Rubbra and Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [6] – McDowall, Rubbra, Beethoven:  Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Olivia Ray (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), John Savournin (bass). Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Samuel Hudson (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7.2026. (JQ)

Composer Cecilia McDowall at the Three Choirs Festival © TCF/James O’Driscoll

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Turnage turbulence, Britten brilliance, Sibelius semblance: Johnston, Oramo and the BBC SO

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [8] – Turnage, Britten, Sibelius: Guy Johnston (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2026. (AV-E)

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Mark Allan

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Gardner and the LPO scale new heights at the Proms with Richard Strauss’s Alpensinfonie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [7] – From the Alps to the Auvergne, Tjøgersen, Canteloube, R. Strauss: Louise Alder (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.7.2026. (CC)

Conductor Edward Gardner and soprano Louise Alder © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Roderick Williams and the Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir crest the waves

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Three Choirs Festival [5] – Mendelssohn, Wood, Elgar, Sumsion, McDowall, Stanford: Roderick Williams (baritone), Hannah Etherington (soprano), Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 28.7.2026. (JQ)

Baritone Roderick Williams, conductor Martyn Brabbins, TCFYC and Philharmonia Orchestra © TCF/Dale Hodgetts

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