United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2016 (3) – Beethoven, Schubert: Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Queen’s Hall, 8.8.2016. (SRT)
Festivals
Hsu and Serkin Excel as a Piano Duo but Hungarian Dances Need Need More Paprika
United Kingdom Brahms, Bizet, Mozart, Schubert: Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin (piano duet), Oxford Piano Festival. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 6.8.2016. (CR)
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)
Impressive Helen Grime Premiere, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky from BBCSSO
United Kingdom Prom 27 – Helen Grime, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Pekka Kuusisto (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2016. (CS)
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)