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)
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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)
Prom 18:The End of Barenboim’s Beethoven Cycle – Rather a Mixed Experience
United Kingdom Prom 18: Beethoven: Anna Samuil (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Michael König (tenor), René Pape (bass), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7. 2012 (CC)
Prom 17: Exquisite Late-Night Beethoven and Boulez at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 17: Beethoven and Boulez,Hilary Summers (contralto), Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.7.2012 (MB)
More Superb Singing at Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 5. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Nardone (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 26.7.2012 (JQ)