United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [14]: Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 18 & 19.8.2024. (GT)
Modernist masters from the RSNO and the Latin American warmth of the São Paulo musicians in Edinburgh
Festival 2024
Manfred Honeck brings the Pittsburgh Symphony to Salzburg
Austria Salzburg Festival 2024 [6] – Rachmaninov and Mahler: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2024. (MB)
Irish Baroque Orchestra’s delightful potpourri and Midori’s Romantic recital in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [13]: Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (director & harpsichord, 22.8); Midori (violin), Özgür Aydin (piano, 23.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 22 & 23.8.2024. (SRT)
Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon
Portugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)
Rossini’s Ermione receives a visually overwhelming production in Pesaro
Italy Rossini Opera Festival 2024 [2] – Rossini, Ermione: Soloists, Coro del teatro ventidio basso, Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI / Michele Mariotti (conductor). Vitrifrigo Arena, Pesaro, 9.8.2024. (AB)
Typically interesting programmes in Edinburgh from the Kleio Quartet and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [12]: Kleio Quartet (20.8), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano, 21.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 20 & 21.8.2024. (SRT)
Ólafsson and Welser-Möst in a richly played Blossom Festival concert
United States Blossom Festival 2024 [5]: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 17.8.2024. (MSJ)
Serebrennikov’s ‘contemporary’ yet disturbing Marriage of Figaro offers fine musical performances
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [11] – Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin / James Gaffigan (conductor). Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 17.8.2024. (GT)
