United States Blossom Music Festival [8] – ‘Summer in Vienna’: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 29.8.2026. (MSJ)
Welser-Möst charms with a Viennese evening for his Blossom farewell
Festivals
Landshut’s first three concerts has chamber music players operating at an elevated level
Germany Landshut Chamber Music Festival 2026 [1]: Chamber Soloists, Rathausprunksaal, Landshut, Lower Bavaria, 25-30.8.2026. (MC)
Violinist Miranda Liu is an extraordinary force of musical presence at her Miratone Festival
Hungary Miratone Festival – Beethoven, Janáček: Miranda Liu (violin), László Borbély (piano), V4 String Quartet. Miratone Festival and Academy, Budapest, 23.8.2026. (AK)
Refined rather than electrifying Damnation of Faust from Les Siècles, choir and soloists at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [24] – Berlioz: Soloists, Maîtrise de Radio France, Chœur de Radio France, Les Siècles / Jakob Lehmann (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 30.8.2026 (JR)
Highly enjoyable accounts of two chamber music masterpieces at the Clandeboye Festival
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival [3] – Beethoven, Schubert: Barry Douglas (piano) and chamber musicians. Clandeboye Estate, County Down, 28.8.2026. (RB)
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra arrives in Edinburgh to close the International Festival in style
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2026 [8]: (SRT)
Torvind proves worth exploring whilst Kopatchinskaja and Prokofiev’s score shine at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [23] – Torvund, Stravinsky, Prokofiev: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, 29.8.2026. (CC)
Quartets and Trios: the directly communicative power of chamber music at Presteigne
United Kingdom Day Two of the Presteigne Festival 2026 [2]: St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, 28.8.2026. (PC)
