United Kingdom Prom 34: Schubert, Dubugnon, Richard Strauss: Katia and Marielle Labèque (two pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2012 (CG)
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New Talent in Mozart’s Impresario at Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012 (1) – Mozart, The Impresario: Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman, Paradise in Augustine’s (Venue 152) 5.8.2012 (ST)
Proms 27: Fine Bruckner from Scotland at The Proms
United Kingdom BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2012 (CC)
Tumultuous, Technicolour Turangalîla in Birmingham
United Kingdom Varèse, Muhly, Messiaen: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1.8.2012 (JQ)
Rarities and Humour at Buxton G&S Festival Promenade Concert
United Kingdom Monkton, Sullivan, Elgar, Parry: Soloists, Chorus and Buxton Festival Orchestra / Timothy Henty (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 29.7.2012. (RJW)
Prom 22: Noseda’s Impressive Mahler Seventh at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 22: Mozart, Knussen and Mahler: Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2012. (JPr)
Three Choirs Festival Ends with a Fanfare
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival Ends with a Fanfare
Prom 19: Langgaard, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
United Kingdom Prom 19: Langgaard, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 28.7.2012 (CC)