EIF 5: Celebrating the Quatercentenary of Giovanni Gabrieli
16/08/2012
United Kingdom Gabrieli: His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts & Concerto Palatino, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 13.8.2012 (SRT) Read more
Aspen XII: Visits to France, Germany and…the USA
16/08/2012
United States Aspen Music Festival (XII): Thibaudet plays Saint-Saëns; Gil Shaham find the soul in Britten’s concerto; Ray Chen gets loud with Bach, Beethoven and Franck; Spano leads uplifting Messiaen. 12.8.2012 (HS) Read more
The Chorus Wins the Laurels in the Berlioz Requiem
16/08/2012
United Kingdom Prom 39 Berlioz: Requiem (Grande messe des morts),Toby Spence (tenor), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Huddersfield Choral Society, London Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2012 (GDn) Read more
EIF 4: Luxurious Playing from Zimmermann Trio
15/08/2012
United Kingdom Schubert, Schoenberg, Mozart: Trio Zimmerman (Franz Peter Zimmermann – violin, Antoine Tamestit – viola, Christian Poltéra – cello), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13.8.2012 (SRT) Read more
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 5
15/08/2012
Austria Schnittke, Mozart, Stravinsky: Andrius Zlabys (piano), Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL) Read more
Sir Malcolm Arnold Opera Premiere on 20th October
15/08/2012
United Kingdom Sir Malcolm Arnold Opera Premiere on 20th October
EIF 3: Classical and Romantic Approaches to the Great Outdoors
14/08/2012
United Kingdom Beethoven, Strauss: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, 11.08.2012 (SRT)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 4
14/08/2012
Austria Beethoven: Hagen Quartett (Lukas Hagen, v1 – Rainer Schmidt v2, Veronika Hagen, va – Clemens Hagen, vc), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11. & 12.8.2012 (JFL) Read more
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