United Kingdom PROM 62 – Mahler: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2024. (CK)
Caught between beauty and horror: a great Mahler Sixth at the Proms from Simon Rattle and the BRSO
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Manacorda’s patient direction is amply rewarded in Musikfest Berlin’s Ives, Kloke, Mahler, and Dvořák
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [4] – Ives, Kloke, Mahler, and Dvořák: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Antonello Manacorda (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 5.9.2024. (MB)
RPS Gold Medal for Thomas Adès and a stirring Bruckner 4 from Simon Rattle and his Bavarian orchestra
United Kingdom PROM 61 – Adès, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2024. (JR)
French themed evening at the Proms and a show-stopping return for the Orchestre de Paris and Klaus Mäkelä
United Kingdom PROM 58 – Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz: Jean-Baptiste Doulcet (piano), Orchestre de Paris / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 3.9.2024. (CSa)
Gerd Schaller breathes new life and faith into Bruckner’s completed Ninth
Ebracher Musiksommer [2] – ‘Zu Bruckners Geburtstag’: Philharmonie Festiva / Gerd Schaller (conductor). Ebrach Abbey, Ebrach, Germany. 1.9.2024. (KW) Bruckner – Symphony No.9 (with finale completion by Gerd Schaller, revised 2024) Bruckner began work on his Ninth Symphony in 1887. He was just turning 63 and, although perhaps not in the best of health, he … Read more
Musikfest concert of two unequal Rattle halves: incisive Hindemith and Zemlinsky and listless Mahler
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [3] – Hindemith, Zemlinsky, and Mahler: Lester Lynch (baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 3.9.2024. (MB)
A truly impressive celebration of Puccini in Bremen with Jonathan Tetelman
Germany Musikfest Bremen 2024 [1] – Puccini: Jonathan Tetelman (tenor), Bremer Philharmoniker / Marko Latonja (conductor). Die Glocke, Bremen, 28.8.2024. (DMD)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s generous and magnificent Musikfest recital of Schoenberg and Ives
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2024 [2] – Schoenberg and Ives: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 2.9.2024 (MB)
