The LSO’s principals play chamber music at the EIF and Ian Bostridge sings affectingly, sometimes

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [5]: Britten, Vaughan Williams, Elgar: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano), Members of the London Symphony Orchestra (Benjamin Gilmore, Julián Gil Rodríguez [violins], Eivind Ringstad [viola], David Cohen [cello]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 13.8.2025. (SRT)

Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano

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L’Itinéraire explores music by Hellendaal, Ruloffs, Focking and de Fesch from Dutch Baroque

FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [6]: L’Itinéraire [4] – Dutch Baroque plays Dutch Baroque: Dutch Baroque (Ivan Iliev [violin], Beniamino Paganini [transverse flute], Anne-Linde Visser [cello], Gerard de Wit [organ/harpsichord/director]). Église Saint-Pierre d’Edon, France, 2.8.2025. (CC)

Gerard de Wit playing during an earlier concert

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Charles Court Opera’s magnificent Mikado is a sell-out in Buxton

United KingdomUnited Kingdom International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival 2025 [2] – Charles Court Opera, The Mikado: Soloists and Orchestra of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company / David Eaton (conductor). Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 8.8.2025. (RW)

Charles Court Opera’s The Mikado © Charles Smith

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Two orchestras, three choirs make for a mighty Mahler’s Third: Ryan Bancroft and BBC NOW at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [13] – Mahler: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Children’s Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, BBC National Chorus of Wales (chorusmaster: Adrian Partington), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2025. (JR)

Ryan Bancroft conducts mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor, the BBC NOW and choruses in Mahler © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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Shuddering Shostakovich and stirring Chaminade: The Sitkovetsky Trio at the Edinburgh International Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [4]: Beethoven, Chaminade, Kashani, Shostakovich: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Isang Enders [cello] and Wu Qian [piano]). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.8.2025. (SRT)

Sitkovetsky Trio

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Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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Gilbert’s witticisms at their best: Princess Ida at Buxton is a G&S delight

United KingdomUnited Kingdom International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival 2025 [1] – National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Princess Ida: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company / John Andrews (conductor). Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire, 9.8.2025. (RW)

National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company’s Princess Ida © Charles Smith

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