Germany Musikfest Berlin 2018 [11] – Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Debussy, and Ligeti: Carolin Widmann (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 14.9.2018. (MB)
Festivals
Closing Concert of the ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [2] – Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Saint-Saens, De Curtis, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky: Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Denis Matsuev (piano), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Zagursky Musical Theatre, Irkutsk, 12.9.2018. (GT)
The Lammermuir Festival Has an Atmosphere – Musical and Otherwise – All of its Own
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2018 (SRT)
Tatarstan National Symphony at ‘Stars of Baikal’ Music Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [1] – Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Kristine Balanas (violin), Ekaterina Kornishina (flute), Zagursky Music Theatre, Irkutsk, 11.9.2018. (GT)
Brilliant Climax to Ironstone Chamber Music Festival
United Kingdom Ironstone Chamber Music Festival – Strauss, Dvořák, Mendelssohn: Lucy Gould, Simon Blendis, Alex Redington, Jonathon Stone (violins), Hannah Shaw, Garfield Jackson (violas), Kate Gould, Richard Lester (cellos). St Etheldreda’s Church, Horley, Oxfordshire. 8.9.2018. (CP)
Nelsons and the Bostoners Glorious in a Splendid if Slow Mahler Third
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [6] – Mahler: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Ladies of the Gewandhaus Choir, Gewandhaus Childrens’ Choir, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 13.9.2018. (JR)
The Performance of a Lifetime: Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Mastery in Stockhausen
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2018 [10] – Stockhausen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 3.9.2018. (MB)
Memorable Performances of Schoenberg and Benjamin at Musikfest Berlin
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2018 [9] – Schoenberg and Benjamin: Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber (violins), Antoine Tamesit, Danusha Waskiewicz (violas), Christian Poltéra, Jean-Guihen Queyras (cellos), Susanna Andersson (soprano), Krisztina Szabó (mezzo-soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra / George Benjamin (conductor). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 12.9.2018. (MB)
