United Kingdom BBC PROM 23 – Arnold, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky: Juan Pérez Floristán (piano), BBC Philharmonic / Ben Gernon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2019. (CC)
At the Proms, the BBC Phil are in Fine Form Under Ben Gernon
Festival 2019
At Blossom, a Zemlinsky Rarity Outshines a Usual Suspect
United States Blossom Festival [4]: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 3.8.2019. (MSJ)
Andreas Ottensamer and Yuja Wang Open Edinburgh’s Queens Hall Concert Series
United Kingdom Various: Yuja Wang (piano), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 3.8.2019. (GT)
A Convincing Ekaterina Bakanova Stars in Peralada’s La traviata
Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Intermezzo Chorus, Liceu Orchestra / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 5.8.2019. (JMI)
Joseph Calleja Shines in Tchaikovsky and Tosti at the Peralada Festival
Spain Festival Castell de Peralada [1] – Various: Joseph Calleja (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano), Iglesia del Carme, Peralada, 4.8.2019. (JMI)
Dudamel and the LA Phil’s Disappointing Tchaikovsky Closes their Edinburgh Residency
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2019 [2] – Barber, Adams, Tchaikovsky: Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.8.2019. (GT)
A Fabulous Proms Organ Recital from Olivier Latry
United Kingdom BBC PROM 21 – Khachaturian, de Falla, Beethoven, Bach, Gigout, Liszt, Widor, Saint-Saëns plus Improvisation: Olivier Latry (organ). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2019. (CC)
Bravura Britten and Moving Mahler at the Proms: Andsnes dazzles, Mahnke and Skelton Enchant
United Kingdom BBC PROM 18 – Britten and Mahler: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 1.8.2019 (CSa)
