United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [10] – Rameau, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt: Bruce Liu (piano). Queen’s Hall, 22.8.2022, (SRT)
Breathless and breathtaking: Bruce Liu at the Edinburgh International Festival
Festivals
Northern Ireland’s Clandeboye Festival opens with a fine Brahms concert
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2022 [1] – Brahms: Barry Douglas (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Elina Vähälä (violin), Michael d’Arcy (violin), Angus McCall (cello), Justine Gormley (piano), Ed Creedon (viola), Henri Demarquette (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2022. (RB)
Rhapsody and spontaneity from Augustin Hadelich at the Royal Albert Hall
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [18], Prom 46 – Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Brahms: Augustin Hadelich (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.8.2022. (CS)
Ivor Bolton seems to miss the smile in Mozart’s music
Austria Salzburg Festival [1] – Mozart: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)
Czech Philharmonic’s Mahler at Edinburgh: grown men waggle cowbells with joyful abandon
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [9] – Mahler: Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Usher Hall, 21.8.2022. (SRT)
At the Lerici Music Festival, Sir Bryn Terfel confirms he is the Falstaff of today
Italy Lerici Music Festival’s Sir John and Sir Bryn – Verdi, Falstaff (excerpts, concert performance): Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) and soloists, Orchestra della Magna Grecia / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor). Teatro all’Aperto della Rotonda Vassallo, 6.8.2022 (CC)
Composer and violist Brett Dean at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [8] – Richard Strauss, Dean, Brahms: Hebrides Ensemble / Brett Dean (conductor & viola). Queen’s Hall, 20.8.2022. (SRT)
Beautifully conducted Don Giovanni and a meaningful baritone recital stand out in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival [12]: (HS)
