Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [8] – Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Grosses Festpielhaus, Salzburg, 31.8.2025. (AL-L)
Salzburg’s Mahler: three orchestras, three visions, but the Berlin Phil’s Ninth is a collective triumph
Festivals
Kaleidoscope, I Fagiolini and Van Bearle Trio at the Lammermuir Festival 2025
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2025: (SRT)
Pene Pati and Il Pomo D’oro bring a subtle feast of Neapolitan Song to Bremen
Germany Musikfest Bremen 2025 [2] – Ciao Napoli! Serenata Napoletana: Pene Pati (tenor), Il Pomo d’Oro. Die Glocke, Bremen, 4.9.2025. (DM-D)
Intense, unnerving, and compelling: Shostakovich celebrated at the Proms with a stellar Lady Macbeth of Mtensk
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [26] – Shostakovich, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus master: Matthew Quinn), Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (stage director). Royal Albert Hall, London. 1.9.2025. (CSa)
An unforgettable The Turn of the Screw closes the Cumbria Opera Festival
United Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Jessica Meakin, Julian Cann (violins), Kim Becker (viola), Daniel Crompton (cello), Richard English (double bass), Richard Allen (harp), Hannah Gillingham (flute/alto flute/piccolo), Mana Shibata (oboe/cor anglais), William Hammond (clarinet/bass clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Chris Howlings (French horn), Alex Norton (piano/celesta), Stephen Burke (percussion) / Joe Davies (conductor). Victoria Hall, Grange-over-Sands, 30.8.2025. (CK)
Sonya Yoncheva, Khatia Buniatishvili, Paul Lewis and the Gewandhaus Orchestra illuminate the SIF in 2025
Spain Santander International Festival 2025: Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria, Santander. (DF)
Spectacular debut from Inmo Yang, in an otherwise disappointing French evening
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [23] – Bizet, Sarasate, Holmès, Saint-Saëns: Inmo Yang (violin), Rachel Mahon (organ), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Marie Jacqot (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2025. (MBr)
Peter Whelan has the handle on Alexander’s Feast at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [25] – Handel: Hillary Cronin (soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Hillary Cronin (soprano), Irish Baroque Chorus, Irish Baroque Orchestra / Peter Whelan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2025. (AV-E)
