Festivals

Jeffrey Kahane leads the Brandenburgs with originality at the Colorado Music Festival

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United StatesUnited States Colorado Music Festival [2] – Bach: Colorado Music Festival Orchestra / Jeffrey Kahane (conductor, pianoforte). Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, 19.7.2026. (DS)

Jeffrey Kahane (leader/pianoforte) and members of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra © Geremy Kornreich

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John Storgårds’s carefully considered Jolas, Sibelius and Richard Strauss Prom with the BBC Philharmonic.

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [2]- Jolas, Sibelius, R. Strauss: Sueye Park (violin), BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2026. (KMcD)

Violinist Sueye Park, conductor John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Viva España! The Spanish National Orchestra scores a World Cup-winning Proms debut at the RAH

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [1] – Ravel, de Falla, Rodrigo: Rafael Aguirre (guitar), Spanish National Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2026. (AV-E)

Guitarist Rafael Aguirre and conductor David Afkham © BBC/Chris Christodoulou 

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Pelly’s so-so Glyndebourne Ariadne auf Naxos production is, musically, a terrific evening

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom R. Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor). Glyndebourne Opera House, 19.7.2026. (CC)

Four comedians (Liam Bonthrone, Caspar Singh, Liam James Karai and Mikhail Timoshenko), Music Master (Michael Kraus), Dancing Master (Ru Charlesworth), Zerbinetta (Alina Wunderlin), Prima Donna (Rachel Willis-Sørensen) and Composer (Samantha Hankey) © GPLtd/Tristram Kenton

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Gomyo and Bychkov are stunning in a relocated Blossom Festival concert

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2026 [3] – Shostakovich, Brahms: Karen Gomyo (violin), Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 18.7.2026. (MSJ)

Semyon Bychkov directs the Cleveland Orchestra in Brahms’s Symphony No.4 © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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Les Arts Florissants bring an imaginative Charpentier double bill to Caramoor

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United StatesUnited States Caramoor Festival [3] – Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Soloists from Le Jardin des Voix, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Venetian Theater, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, 17.7.2026. (ES-S)

Scene from Les Arts florissants © Gabe Palacio

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