It’s Sir Simon’s Edinburgh International Festival farewell or maybe it’s simply au revoir

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [10]: Cynthia Miller (ondes Martenot) Peter Donohoe (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Usher Hall, 6pm and 8pm, 18.8.2023. (SRT)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO © Mark Allan

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Magical orchestral Proms moments from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Proms 38 and 39 – Audience Choice, Ligeti, Bartók, Beethoven: Anna-Lena Elbert (soprano), Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2023. (AK)

Audience Choice at Prom 38 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Exquisite Chopin from Seong-Jin Cho with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 42 – Elgar, Chopin and Strauss: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2023. (CS)

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Passion, emotional honesty and courage: Dora Pejačević’s symphony at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 40 – Brahms, Pejačević: Martin Helmchen (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2023. (CK)

Sakari Oramo conducts pianist Martin Helmchen and the BBC SO © BBC/Sisi Burn

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The LSO were on great form when let loose on Shostakovich’s Symphony No.11 in Edinburgh

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [7] – Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Mikhail Pletnev (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.8.2023. (SRT)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda © Mark Allan

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The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Adagio from Mendelsohn’s Third is their crowning Proms achievement

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 37 – Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2023. (CC)

Iván Fischer conducts pianist Sir András Schiff and the Budapest Festival Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

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