Festival 2025 – Page 5 – Seen and Heard International

A sparkling The Marriage of Figaro from the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025

29/08/202527/08/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Cumbria Opera Festival 2025 [1] – Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro: Soloists, Chorus; Jessica Meakin, Julian Cann (violins), Hannah Borlase (viola), Daniel Crompton (cello), Hannah Gillingham (flute), Sarah Davies (oboe), William Hammond (clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Alistair Burton (harpsichord continuo) / Melvin Tay (conductor). Penrith Methodist Church, 23.8.2025. (CK)

*The Marriage of Figaro* at the Cumbria Opera Festival 2025 © Chris Tribble

Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons with superlative Sibelius at the Proms

27/08/202527/08/2025 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [22] – Pärt, Dvořák, Sibelius: Isabelle Faust (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 26.8.2025. (JR)

Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

Joshua Bell gives the UK premiere of Thomas de Hartmaan’s Violin Concerto in a superbly played Prom

28/08/202527/08/2025 by Marc Bridle

BBC Proms 2025 [19] – Bach (orch. Respighi)/de Hartmaan/Górecki: Joshua Bell (violin), Francesca Chiejina (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2025. (MBr)

Dalia Stasevska conducts violinist Joshua Bell and the BBC SO in de Hartmaan’s Violin Concerto © BBC/Andy Paradise

Young talent on display at Gstaad: violinist Georgii Moroz and pianist Marco Scilironi

28/08/202527/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival [2] – Matinée des Jeunes Étoiles VI: Georgii Moroz (violin), Marco Scilironi (piano). Gstaad Chapel, Gstaad, 23.8.2025. (CC)

An outstanding Janine Jansen joins Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw at the Proms

26/08/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [21] – Mozart, Prokofiev, Bartók: Janine Jansen (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.8.2025. (ES-S)

Violinist Janine Jansen with conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Aspen Festival finale meets expectations with Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto and The Planets

26/08/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [15]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)

Concertmaster Alexander Kerr beams as pianist Yefim Bronfman and conductor Robert Spano celebrate the concerto performance © Diego Redel

Music-making of the highest possible standard from the Hagens in Gstaad

26/08/2025 by Colin Clarke

Switzerland Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2025 [1] – Ernster Humor: Hagen String Quartet with Mao Fujita (piano). Saanen Church, Switzerland, 21.8.2025. (CC)

Hagen String Quartet and pianist Mao Fujita © Gstaad Menuhin Festival/Raphael Faux

Ardent Saint-Saëns from Sheku and a poised Mendelssohn from Childress and the Cleveland Orchestra

26/08/202525/08/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [6]: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Stephanie Childress (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 23.8.2025. (MSJ)

Stephanie Childress conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in Britten’s *Simple Symphony* © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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