Austria St Florianer Brucknertage 2025 – Brahms, Bruckner: Altomonte Orchestra / Katharina Wincor (conductor). Sankt Florian, 22.8.2025. (KW)
A breath of fresh air blows through St Florian Bruckner Days with Katharina Wincor
Festivals
A distinguished recital by Barry Douglas at the Clandeboye Festival
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2025 [2] – Schubert, Debussy, Beethoven: Barry Douglas (piano). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 21.8.2025. (RB)
An ‘arena’ La bohème, a rock concerto and a glistening violin debut in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2025 [14]: Klein Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen. (HS)
Splendid performances of Brahms and Franck at the Clandeboye Festival
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2025 [1] – Brahms, Franck: Barry Douglas (piano), Tatiana Samouil, Michael D’Arcy (violins), Ed Creedon (viola), Arto Noras (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2025. (RB)
Unforgettable Mahler from Elīna Garanča, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Switzerland Lucerne Summer Festival 2025 – Mahler: Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ute Feudel) from the Konzertsaal des KKL Luzern, 15.8.2024 and available free on ARTE Concert until 14.8.2025. (JPr)
Klaus Mäkelä’s RCO concert in Salzburg is a depressing experience
United Kingdom Salzburg Festival 2025 [5] – Schubert-Berio and Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 21.8.2025. (MB)
Unforgettable performances of two key Boulez works at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [4] – Debussy, Boulez, and Stravinsky: Tamara Stefanovich, Nenad Lečić (pianos), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker, Maurice Oeser (sound direction). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 20.8.2025. (MB)
An incisive celebration of the Boulez centenary at the Salzburg Festival
Austria Salzburg Festival 2025 [3] – Nono, Boulez, and Stockhausen, ‘A Pierre’: Julie Brunet-Jailly (flute), Alphonse Cemin (piano), Augustin Muller (IRCAM electronics), Sylvain Cadars (IRCAM sound diffusion), Le Balcon / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 19.8.2025. (MB)
