United Kingdom The Tempest: at The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, 6.9.2026. (CC)
The Tempest from Vache Baroque and Out of Chaos was a true company effort
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Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle in a fine all-Schumann Prom
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [29] – Schumann: Isabelle Faust (violin), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 7.9.2026. (JR)
Peerless Argerich outshines Shani and the Munich Philharmonic at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [28] – Farrenc, Beethoven, and Brahms: Martha Argerich (piano), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2026. (MB)
Infrasound Ensemble prove they have chemistry in the Gubaidulina festival
‘The Edge of the Abyss – The Music & Legacy of Sofia Gubaidulina’: Infrasound Ensemble / Yoshi Weinberg (artistic director). St. Malachy – The Actor’s Chapel, New York, 30.8.2026. (DS)
Benign Beethoven, scrubbed Scriabin: Hadelich, Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [27] – Beethoven, Scriabin: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2026. (AV-E)
Gardiner, Beczała, Chailly and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra crown Santander in 2026
Spain Santander International Festival 2026 [2]: (DF)
Magic Flute, Trifonov, Leonskaja and Sokolov mark a brilliant Santander 2026 first half
Santander International Festival 2026 [1]: (DF)
The Santander International Festival is celebrating its seventy-fifth edition with a programme worthy of the anniversary. During the first half of August, the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria has already hosted opera, major orchestral concerts and piano recitals of exceptional distinction. The first four performances attended offered a revealing cross-section of the festival’s ambitions, from Mozart’s operatic humanism to the very different pianistic worlds of Daniil Trifonov, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Grigory Sokolov.
The Proms audience show great enthusiam for a high-profile orchestral visit
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [26] – Elgar and Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2026. (MB)
