BBC Singers in an Edinburgh concert with a wide range of music that was as appealing as it was varied

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [3] – Mendelssohn, Martin, Ešenvalds, Harris, Vaughan Williams, Ore, Byss-Kalle: Laura Samuel (violin), BBC Singers / Sofi Jeannin (conductor). Queen’s Hall, 9.8.2022 (SRT)

The BBC Singers © Ryan Buchanan

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Ronald Brautigam gets the Edinburgh International Festival 2022 at Queen’s Hall underway

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [1] – Fanny Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Esther Hoppe (violin), Christian Poltéra (cello). Queen’s Hall, 8.8.2022. (SRT)

Ronald Brautigam

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‘Prague Panoramas’: a new symphony by Julian Anderson at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [14], Prom 26 – Anderson, Martinů, Rachmaninov: Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2022. (CS)

Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Making the case for cultural freedom with their instruments, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [13], Prom 19a – Silvestrov, Chopin, Beethoven, Brahms: Anna Fedorova (piano), Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano), Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra / Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Recorded (directed by ) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2022. Available on BBC iPlayer. (JPr)

The Ukranian Freedom Orchestra conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson  © Mark Allan/BBC

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Marie-Eve Munger and Anthony Roth Costanzo are perfect together in Handel’s Theodora at Caramoor

United StatesUnited States Handel, Theodora: Soloists, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Baroque Orchestra / Avi Stein (conductor). Venetian Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, NY, 31.7.2022. (RP)

Marie-Eve Munger (Theodora), Trinity Baroque Orchestra and Avi Stein (conductor) © Gabe Palacio

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