Austria Salzburg Festival [5] – Mahler, Symphony No.9: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Leopold Knötzl) from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 11.8.2024 and available on STAGE+. (JPr)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Celebrating 40 years of free, top-notch music in Sun Valley
United States Sun Valley Music Festival [1]: Sun Valley Pavilion, Sun Valley, Idaho, 11 & 12.8.2024. (RP)
Apollo’s Fire rediscovers and reinterprets Vivaldi in Ohio
United States ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered’ – Various: Alan Choo (violin), Kathie Stewart (traverso), Ellen Saurer Tanyeri (traverso), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Akron, Ohio, 13.8.2024. (MSJ)
Sheku is inspired by Bach and Ilumina are refreshingly new in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [8]: 14.8.2024. (SRT)
Two conducting debuts lead to memorable musical moments at Tanglewood
United States Tanglewood Festival 2024 [11]: Koussevitzky Shed, Lenox, 10 & 11.8.2024. (ES-S)
Nurturing tomorrow’s virtuosos: The Carl Flesch Academy experience
Germany Carl Flesch International Competition – Concertos and Chamber Music Rounds: 17 candidates (violin, viola, cello, double bass). Baden-Baden, Germany, 12, 13 and 14.7.2024. (LV)
Historically informed EIF Queen’s Hall performances of chamber music: you can feel it in the gut
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [7]: Chiaroscuro Quartet (12.08), Maxim Emelyanychev (piano and Principals of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (13.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12 & 13.8.2024. (SRT)
For this Oramo/BBC SO Prom, it is only the Saariaho and Mozart that bring a smile
United Kingdom PROM 27 – Saariaho, Mozart, R. Strauss: Silja Aalto (soprano), Anssi Karttunen (cello), Seong-Jin Cho (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Chris Hopkins (offstage conductor, Alpine Symphony). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2024. (CC)