United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (22) – Bartók & Stravinsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Usher Hall, 30.8.2015. (SRT)
UK Concerts
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Grand Baroque II : Blackdowns Early Music Project Celebrates Biber, Gallus and Bertali
United Kingdom H.I.F. Biber, Gallus and Bertali: Soloists, His Majesty’s Sagbuts and Cornetts, Altenburg Ensemble of Trumpets and Drums, Monteverdi String Band and Blackdowns Early Music Project Chorus / JanJoost van Elburg (Musical Director), Exeter Cathedral, 31.8.2015 (BK)
A Pleasing Chamber Prom Antidote to an Unseasonal Deluge
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)
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
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)
Innovative Prom Celebrates Nielsen 150th Anniversary
United Kingdom Prom 46 – Nielsen, Brahms : Nicolai Znaider (violin), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), David Danholt (tenor), Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Boy and Girl Choristers of Winchester Cathedral, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8 2015 (GD)
Hai Ting-Chinn’s Solo Tour de force in Maxwell Davies and O’Regan Operas
United Kingdom Peter Maxwell Davies, The Medium, Tarik O’Regan, The Wanton Sublime: Hai-Ting Chinn (mezzo-soprano), Orpheus Sinfonia, Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Studio 2, Arcola Theatre, London, 27.8.2015 (MB)