United Kingdom Brahms, Bizet, Mozart, Schubert: Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin (piano duet), Oxford Piano Festival. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 6.8.2016. (CR)
Festival 2016
The Peralada Festival Continues with a New Production of Turandot
Spain Puccini, Turandot: Liceu Orchestra, Coro Intermezzo, Gianpaolo Bisanti (conductor), Castle Gardens Auditorium, Peralada, 6.8.2016. (JMI)
Davitt Moroney Returns to the Art of the Fugue at the Bach Festival
Canada Vancouver Bach Festival 2016 – Bach: Davitt Moroney (harpsichord), Vancouver Bach Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 3.8.2016. (GN)
A Festive Italian Opening for This Year’s Edinburgh Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (2) – Rossini, Bellini, Verdi – The Opening Concert: Carmen Giannattasio (sop), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo), Yijie Shi (tenor), Roberto Tagliavini (bass), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
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Shanghai Comes to the Festival Fringe
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 (1) – Shanghai Culture Week – Opening Orchestral Concert: EICC, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
Intimate Wagner and Mahler from Australian Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (1) – Wagner, Mahler: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.8.2016. (SRT)
Bryan Hymel’s Disappointing Recital with His Wife Mars a Generally Pleasing Festival
Spain Various composers: Bryan Hymel and Irini Kyriakidou, Julius Drake (piano), Iglesia del Carmen, Peralada, 5.8.2016. (JMI)
Aspen (9): A Weekend of Crowd-Pleasers, and Bolcom’s A Wedding
United States Debussy/Ravel, Lalo, Beethoven, Bolcom, J. Strauss Jr., R. Strauss, Brahms: Soloists; Aspen Chamber Orchestra and Aspen Festival Orchestra; Pietro Inkinen, Scott Terrell, and Tomáš Netopil (conductors). Benedict Music Tent and Wheeler Opera House. 29-31.7.2016. (HS)