United Kingdom BBC Chamber Prom 8 – Barber, Debussy and Shostakovich: Emerson Quartet [Eugene Drucker & Philip Setzer (violins), Lawrence Dutton (viola), Paul Watkins (cello)], Elizabeth Leonskaja (piano), Cadogan Hall London, 31.8.2015 (CS)
Concert Reviews
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Classics Rub Shoulders with Lighter Fare at Summermusik
United States Storace, Shostakovich, Chopin, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Gliere, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Borodin, Dvořák, Milhaud, Ibert: Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Kelly Kuo and Carina Kanellakis (conductors), venues in Cincinnati, Ohio. 15-30.8.2015 (RDA)
Excellent Mahler First from Tilson Thomas and San Francisco Symphony
United Kingdom BBC Prom 60 – Schoenberg, Cowell and Mahler: Jeremy Denk (piano), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2015. (JPr)
c BBC & Chris Christodoulou
Prom Celebrates the Music of Attenborough’s Life Story Documentaries
United Kingdom BBC Prom 59 – Murray Gold, Life Story: Sir David Attenborough (presenter), BBC Concert Orchestra / Jeremy Holland-Smith (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2015. (JPr)
c BBC & Chris Christodoulou
Beyond Bach – Masaaki Suzuki with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Singapore Bach, Poulenc, Beethoven: Masato Suzuki (organ), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, 28.8.2015 (RP)
Passion, Incest, Torment and Suicide in the Royal Albert Hall: Kullervo at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 58 – Sibelius: Johanna Rusanen-Kartano (soprano), Waltteri Torikka (baritone), Polyteknikkojen Kuoro, BBC Symphony Chorus (men’s voices), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2015. (RB)
Orfeón Donostiarra Excels in the Brahms Requiem
Spain Brahms: Eine Deutsche Requiem, WDR Köln Sinfonieorchester, Orfeón Donostiarra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor), Kursaal Auditorium, San Sebastian, 28.8.2015 (JMI)
Precision, Clarity and Sustained Focus as the Bergen Philharmonic Visits the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 56: Ørjan Matre, Mendelssohn, Alissa Firsova & Stravinsky: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Royal Albert Hall London, 27.8.2015. (CS)