United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [11]: 23.8.2025. (SRT)
Kavakos indulges in Bach, while Pite and McBurney take us on a dance journey into extinction
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Splendid performances of Brahms and Franck at the Clandeboye Festival
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2025 [1] – Brahms, Franck: Barry Douglas (piano), Tatiana Samouil, Michael D’Arcy (violins), Ed Creedon (viola), Arto Noras (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2025. (RB)
EIF’s rising voices at the Queen’s Hall and a star quartet pay tribute to one of their members
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 10: Queen’s Hall. (SRT)
Carolina López Moreno simply spectacular in Suor Angelica at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [18]: R. Strauss, Puccini: Tiffin Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2025. (JR)
Modified rapture: Delius’s A Mass of Life at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [17] – Delius: Jennifer Davis (soprano), Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2025. (CK)
Breaking the code: Collon and his Aurora Orchestra unlock the secrets at the heart of Shostakovich’s Fifth
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [16] – Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart: A musical and dramatic exploration of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5: Max Revell (actor/dancer), Polly Frame, Craig Stein, Sarah Twomey (actors), Samuel West (Voice of Stalin), Petroc Trelawny (Voice of Telephone Operator). Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 16.8.2025. (CSa)
Ben Grosvenor and the BBC NOW fill the Royal Albert Hall with a collage of sounds
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [15] – Gubaidulina, Ravel, Shostakovich: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone), BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorus master: Adrian Partington), Synergy Vocals, BBC Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2025. (LJ)
The EIF now relies more on concert opera, but if it’s all as good as Suor Angelica there’s no complaint
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [8]: Puccini, de Sabata: Soloists, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Youth Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2025. (SRT)
