United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (3) – Beethoven, Schubert: Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Queen’s Hall, 8.8.2016. (SRT)
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Hsu and Serkin Excel as a Piano Duo but Hungarian Dances Need Need More Paprika
United Kingdom Brahms, Bizet, Mozart, Schubert: Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin (piano duet), Oxford Piano Festival. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 6.8.2016. (CR)
Impressive Helen Grime Premiere, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky from BBCSSO
United Kingdom Prom 27 – Helen Grime, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2016. (CS)
A Festive Italian Opening for This Year’s Edinburgh Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (2) – Rossini, Bellini, Verdi – The Opening Concert: Carmen Giannattasio (sop), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo), Yijie Shi (tenor), Roberto Tagliavini (bass), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
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Shanghai Comes to the Festival Fringe
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 (1) – Shanghai Culture Week – Opening Orchestral Concert: EICC, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
Intimate Wagner and Mahler from Australian Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (1) – Wagner, Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
RPO under Dutoit Play Dvořák and Bartók Superbly
United Kingdom Prom 25 – Dvořák and Bartók: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Idikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), John Relyea (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2016. (AS)
Nordic Brevity Meets Unknown Russian Symphony from Late 1930s
United Kingdom Nielsen, Sibelius, Juon: BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 4.8.2016. (RBa)