United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2026 [2] – Tenebrae: Nigel Short (director). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 15.9.2026. (SRT)
Festivals
Mahler 9: Skeleton out of the closet – Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [31] – Mahler: Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2026. (AV-E)
Handel’s Floridante at Bayreuth Baroque in a dark Georgian setting convinces musically not conceptually
Germany Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2026 – Handel, Floridante: Soloists, Actors, Chorus of the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, Worcław Baroque Orchestra / Markellos Chryssicos (conductor). Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, 8.9.2026. (AB)
Choral epiphanies and anniversary Britten at the Lammermuir Festival
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2026 [1]: (SRT)
Technical precision, interpretative freedom: Nemanja Radulović in Bucharest
Romania George Enescu Competition 2026 [2] – Various: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Laure Favre-Kahn (piano). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 10.9.2026. (ES-S)
Arcangelo and team of baroque-specialist soloists impress with refined Mass in B minor at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [30] – Bach, Mass in B minor: Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Eva Zaïcik (soprano), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass-baritone), Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (director/harpsichord). Royal Albert Hall, London 10.9.2026. (JR)
September is a month of melancholy but a radiant, dignified Proms Four Last Songs proved a tonic
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [29] – Henze, Schubert, Mahler, and R. Strauss: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Paweł Kapuła (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2026. (MB)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle in a fine all-Schumann Prom
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [29] – Schumann: Isabelle Faust (violin), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 7.9.2026. (JR)
