Festivals

Wroclaw’s NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra bring sheer richness of sound to the EIF’s Focus on Poland

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [3]: Bacewicz, R Strauss, Kilar, Bizet/Shchedrin: NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra / Alexander Sitkovetsy (leader/director). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2025. (SRT)

NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra (at a previous concert) © Karol Sokolowski (1)

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Apollo’s Fire blazes in dueling concertos to open Ohio season

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United StatesUnited States ‘Fencing Match, Round One’ – Various: Kathie Stewart (flute), Daphna Mor (recorder), Alan Choo, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Emi Tanabe (violins), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Ohio, 8.8.2025. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Beatrice Rana’s fresh performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini wows Prommers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [12] – Dukas, Rachmaninov, Bartók: Beatrice Rana (piano), BBC Singers (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2025. (LJ)

Josep Pons conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Mark Allan

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Sofia Opera’s open air Les Misérables is a spectacular triumph of wonderful singing and acting

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BulgariaBulgaria Opera on the Square Summer Festival – Boublil and Schönberg, Les Misérables: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Sofia Opera and Ballet / Constantin Trinks (conductor). Alexander Nevsky Square, Sofia, 2.8.2025. (GT)

Sofia Opera’s Les Misérables in Alexander Nevsky Square

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Capella de la Torre show spirit in their high-voltage (if quite tiring) Les Éléments in Périgord

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [2] – Les Éléments: Capella de la Torre. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

Capella de la Torre at Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

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A very musical day at Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 begins in a perfect way with La Risonanza

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FranceFrance Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025 [2]: La Roche Baroque [1] – Handel and his Contemporaries: La Risonanza. Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt, Périgord, France, 1.8.2025. (CC)

La Risonanza at the Église Saint-Théodore de la Rochebeaucourt

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