Heart-Warmingly High Musical Standards from Jurowski and LPO at the BBC Proms
19/08/2019
BBC Prom 41 – Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Lyadov, Glazunov: Alexander Ghindin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2019. (AK) Read more
Martyn Brabbins Authoritatively Conducts the Hallé in Elgar’s The Kingdom
18/08/2019
Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Elgar: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: Aidan Oliver), Hallé / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2019. (SRT) Read more
More Music-Making on the Fringe – Some Magnificent, Some Bizarre
18/08/2019
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 [3] – ROSL & Pianodrome: Edinburgh. (SRT)
Royal Overseas League at the Royal Scots Club, 12.8.2019.
Pianodrome, 17.9.2019
The Hebrides Ensemble at the Pianodrome (c) Simon Thompson
The Magic of L’enfance du Christ at the BBC Proms
18/08/2019
BBC PROM 37 – Berlioz: Soloists, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Genesis Sixteen, Hallé / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2019. (CC)
Soloists, conductor and orchestra of L’enfance du Christ (c) Chris Christodoulou
Tobias Kratzer’s Novel and Compelling New Bayreuth Tannhäuser
18/08/2019
Bayreuth Festival 2019 – Wagner, Tannhäuser [1]: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 13.8.2019. (JPr)
Tannhäuser Act II (c) Enrico Nawrath
Trio of Edinburgh Concerts Climaxes with First Performance of James MacMillan’s New Symphony
18/08/2019
Edinburgh International Festival [8] – Beethoven, Dvořák, MacMillan: Edinburgh, 17.9.2019. (SRT)
First performance of Sir James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony (c) Ryan Buchanan
At Mostly Mozart, Aimard Breathes New Life into Beethoven
18/08/2019
Mostly Mozart Festival 2019 – Beethoven, Schubert: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), David Geffen Hall, New York City. 2.8.2019. (DS) Read more
Fine Sibelius and Beethoven from Mutter and Baremboim in Salzburg
17/08/2019
Salzburg Festival [3] – Previn, Sibelius, and Beethoven: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 16.8.2019. (MB)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) at the Salzburg Festival (c) Marco Borrelli
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