United States Aspen Music Festival [10} (HS)
Festivals
A Superb Concert Performance of West Side Story at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom PROM 38 – Bernstein, West Side Story (concert version): Soloists, students from ArtsEd and Mountview, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2018. (CC)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
The BBC Proms Hears an Italian Celebration of the Bernstein Centenary
United Kingdom PROM 37 – Haydn, Bernstein, Mahler: Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra dell’Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2018. (CC)
& Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor) (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Simon Rattle and the LSO Astonishes Edinburgh with Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [7] – Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.8.2018 (GT)
Sir Simon Rattle Celebrates Bernstein’s Centenary in a Mixed Programme
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2018 [6] – Bernstein, Dvořák and Janáček: Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2018. (GT)
An Intimate Lucia di Lammermoor from Fulham Opera at Grimeborn 2018
United Kingdom Grimeborn Opera Festival 2018 – Fulham Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor: Soloists, Ben Woodward (piano) / Michael Thrift (conductor), Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London, 11.8.2018. (JPr)
Gli Angeli Genève Finds Strength and Colour in Bach’s Cantatas
Canada The 2018 Vancouver International Bach Festival [2]: Gli Angeli Genève (Aleksandra Lewandowska [soprano], Alex Potter [alto], Thomas Hobbs [tenor], Stephan MacLeod [bass/director]) with Instrumental Ensemble, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, 3.8.2018. (GN)
Plenty of Interesting Music but Little Drama at the Proms from Salonen and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Prom 36 – Webern, Mahler and Wagner: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London., 9.8.2018. (JPr)