Germany Salzburg Festival [6] – Strauss and Beethoven: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 26.8.2018. (MB)
An Encouraging Augury for the Berlin Philharmonic’s Partnership with Kirill Petrenko
Festival 2018
Marin Alsop Leads a Fine Centenary Tribute to Her Mentor, Leonard Bernstein
United Kingdom PROM 60 – Bernstein, Shostakovich: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2018. (CS)
Outstanding Henze from Igor Levit and Franz Welser-Möst
Austria Salzburg Festival [4] – Henze and Wagner: Igor Levit (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2018. (MB)
© Salzburger Festspiele/Marco Borrelli
Art and Nature Combine for a Transcendent Mahler Third at Tanglewood
United States Tanglewood [6] – Mahler, Symphony No.3: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Children’s Chorus / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, 24.8.2018. (RP)
A Magnificent Production of The Bassarids in Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival [3] – Henze, The Bassarids: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Huw Rhys James), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Kent Nagano (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 23.8.2018. (MB)
A Chorus Makes Its Impact at Blossom in Orff’s Classic
United States Blossom Music Festival [8] – Copland, Orff: Audrey Luna (soprano), Matthew Plenk (tenor), Elliot Madore (baritone), Blossom Festival Chorus (director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus (director: Ann Usher), Cleveland Orchestra / Adrien Perruchon (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 25.8.2018. (MSJ)
Chailly Slick and Smooth in Bruckner 7
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [1] – Wagner, Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, 25.8.2018. (JR)
