United Kingdom Oxford Philharmonic Piano Festival [1] – Beethoven, Liszt: Sunwook Kim (piano), Oxford Philharmonic Piano Festival. Holywell Music Room, Oxford 4.8.2017. (CR)
UK Concerts
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Anniversary Celebrations Underway with Lively SCO Accounts of Haydn and Mendelssohn
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [1] – Haydn & Mendelssohn, The Opening Concert: Dorothea Röschmann & Emma Bell (sopranos), Werner Güra (tenor), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Usher Hall, 5.8.2017. (SRT)
Ludus Baroque’s Bach at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a Thrilling Journey
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 [1] – Bach, B Minor Mass: Ludus Baroque, Canongate Kirk, 3.8.2017. (SRT)
Brilliant Brahms from Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 26 – Tüür, Mozart, Brahms: Vilde Frang (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Paavo Järvi (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2017. (CS)
A Very Special Prom Marks the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 25 – Schütz, Bach: Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2017 (CC)
Salonen and the Philharmonia on Top Form at the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 24 – Bach/Stravinsky, Ravel and Adams: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Albert hall, London, 2.8.2017. (AS)
James MacMillan’s A European Requiem at the Proms: Nothing to do with Brexit!
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 21 – MacMillan and Beethoven: Erin Wall (soprano), Sonia Prina (alto), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Simon O’Neill (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), CBSO Chorus, BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Xian Zhang (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2017. (AS)
Alexander Vinogradov) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Hough and Wigglesworth Create Harmony and Happiness at the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 22 – Brahms, Sawer, Haydn: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Philharmonic / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.7.2017. (CS)
(c) Mark Allan