United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (4) – Donnacha Dennehy & Enda Walsh, The Last Hotel: Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera, Crash Ensemble / André de Ridder (conductor), Royal Lyceum Theatre, 10.8.2015. (SRT)
Festival 2015
Nicola Benedetti’s Attractive Korngold at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 34. Britten, Korngold and Prokofiev: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2015 (AS)
Pollini’s Profoundly Satisfying Beethoven and Schoenberg
Austria Salzburg Festival (1) – Beethoven and Schoenberg: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 9.8.2015 (MB)
A Heroic Strauss Performance from Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (3) – The Opening Concert, Brahms and Strauss: Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Usher Hall, 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Nash Show Responsiveness and Integration in Vaughan Williams and Schubert
Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (2) – Vaughan Williams, Schubert, The Nash Ensemble, Queen’s Hall, 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Edinburgh Festival Opens with Powerful Music and Eye-Popping Effects
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (1) – Adams, The Harmonium Project: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Festival Square (exterior of the Usher Hall), 08.08.2015 (SRT)
Unflagging Energy in Bayreuth’s Rat-Infested Lohengrin
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2015 [4] Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 4.8.2015. (JPr)
Der fliegende Holländer becomes Parable of Today’s Consumerist World
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2015 [3] Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. / Axel Kober (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 3.8.2015. (JPr)