Northern Ireland’s Clandeboye Festival opens with a fine Brahms concert  

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2022 [1] – Brahms: Barry Douglas (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Elina Vähälä (violin), Michael d’Arcy (violin), Angus McCall (cello), Justine Gormley (piano), Ed Creedon (viola), Henri Demarquette (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2022. (RB)

Barry Douglas

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Rhapsody and spontaneity from Augustin Hadelich at the Royal Albert Hall

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [18], Prom 46 – Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Brahms: Augustin Hadelich (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.8.2022. (CS)

WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Cristian Măcelaru (c) Mark Allan

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At the Lerici Music Festival, Sir Bryn Terfel confirms he is the Falstaff of today

ItalyItaly Lerici Music Festival’s Sir John and Sir Bryn – Verdi, Falstaff (excerpts, concert performance): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and soloists, Orchestra della Magna Grecia / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Teatro all’Aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, 6.8.2022 (CC)

Benjamin Cho, Sir Bryn Terfel, Gianluca Marcianò and Orchestra della Magna Grecia

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Boesch and Martineau in Edinburgh make a case for Winterreise as the greatest work of art ever

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [7] – Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Queen’s Hall, 19.8.2022. (SRT)

Malcolm Martineau accompanies baritone Florian Boesch in Granada in 2021 © Fermin Rodríguez

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