United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [23], Prom 51 – Lalo, Brahms, Franck: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2022. (MBr)
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Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw opens Musikfest Berlin with an outstanding Mahler Sixth Symphony
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2022 [1] – Saariaho, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Philharmonie Hall, Berlin, 28.8.2022, and livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)
All the ingredients of great Schubert playing from Douglas at Clandeboye Festival 2022
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2022 [2] – Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Schubert: Barry Douglas (piano). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 25.8.2022. (RB)
From Mälkki and her Helsinki musicians there is gripping Sibelius and a relentless new Ammann work
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [16] – Sibelius, Saariaho, Dieter Ammann: Andreas Haefliger (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Usher Hall, 27.8.2022. (SRT)
Mahler’s Seventh opens the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s new season
Germany Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 26.8.2022, and livestreamed on Digital Concert Hall. (GT)
Brandenburgs from Richard Egarr and friends is the grandest conceivable finale to EIF’s Queen’s Hall season
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [15] – Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos: Musicians, Richard Egarr (harpsichord / director). Queen’s Hall, 27.8.2022. (SRT)
Whispering larks and wild swans from Pekka Kuusisto and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [22] – Prom 52, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Adès, Sibelius: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2022. (CS)
Kožená and Bronfman at Edinburgh: diverse, intelligent, communicative, highly musical
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [14] – Brahms, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Bartók: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano). Queen’s Hall, 26.8.2022. (SRT)