United Kingdom BBC PROM 68 – Strauss and Beethoven: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2018. (AS)
Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Make a Strong Impression in Strauss Tone Poems
Festival 2018
Nelsons and BSO Transcend Longueurs and Weaknesses for an Almost Overwhelming Mahler Third
United Kingdom BBC Prom 67 – Mahler: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus and Chorus (female voices), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2018. (JPr)
Auspicious Prom Debut for Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko Partnership
United Kingdom PROM 66 – Dukas, Prokofiev, Schmidt: Yuja Wang (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor0. Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2018. (CC)
Berio Provides the Highlight of Semyon Bychkov’s Prom
United Kingdom PROM 65 – Ravel, Berio and Stravinsky: London Voices, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2018. (AS)
Happy Birthday Lenny! Tanglewood Celebrates Bernstein’s Legacy
United States Tanglewood [7] – The Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood: Audra MacDonald (host), Boston Symphony Orchestra joined by musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival / Christoph Eschenbach, Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Williams (conductors), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 25.8.2018. (RP)
The Berlin Phil and Kirill Petrenko Simply in a Class of their Own
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [2] – R. Strauss, Beethoven: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, 29.8.2018. (JR)
(c) Salzburger Festspiele/Monika Rittershaus
Fine Partnership of Nézet-Séguin and Rotterdam Philharmonic at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 61 – Liszt, Bruckner: Yefim Bronfman (piano); Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2018. (CC)
Sebastian Catana’s Jester Anchors Berkshire Opera Festival’s Riveting Rigoletto
United States Berkshire Opera Festival – Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Berkshire Opera Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Brian Garman (conductor), Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA, 25.8.2018. (RP)
