Festivals

Unforgettable performances of two key Boulez works at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria 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)

Pianist Tamara Stefanovich © SF/Marco Borrelli

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An incisive celebration of the Boulez centenary at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria 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)

Flautist Julie Brunet-Jailly © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Musically all-encompassing performance of Erwartung at the Salzburg Festival

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival [2] – Schoenberg, Webern, and Mahler, One Morning Turns Into an Eternity: Aušrinė Stundytė (soprano), Fleur Barron (contralto), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 18.8.2025. (MB)

One Morning Turns Into an Eternity (contralto Fleur Barron) at the Salzburg Festival 2025 © Ruth Walz

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Carolina López Moreno simply spectacular in Suor Angelica at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [18]: R. Strauss, Puccini: Tiffin Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2025. (JR)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting Suor Angelica with Kseniia Nikolaieva (far l, Princess) and Carolina López Moreno (centre, Sister Angelica) © Mark Allan/BBC

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Modified rapture: Delius’s A Mass of Life at the BBC Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [17] – Delius: Jennifer Davis (soprano), Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2025. (CK)

Sir Mark Elder conducts A Mass of Life at the BBC Proms 2025 © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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Breaking the code: Collon and his Aurora Orchestra unlock the secrets at the heart of Shostakovich’s Fifth 

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [16] – Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart: A musical and dramatic exploration of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5: Max Revell (actor/dancer), Polly Frame, Craig Stein, Sarah Twomey (actors), Samuel West (Voice of Stalin), Petroc Trelawny (Voice of Telephone Operator). Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 16.8.2025. (CSa)

Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart with the Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon © BBC/Andy Paradise

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