United Kingdom Prom 40 – Brahms, Pejačević: Martin Helmchen (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2023. (CK)
Passion, emotional honesty and courage: Dora Pejačević’s symphony at the Proms
Festivals
Jay Scheib’s hapless new Parsifal production at the Bayreuth Festival 2023
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [3] – Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 15.8.2023. (MB)
What’s classical music? All of this, says the Aspen Music Festival
United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [12]: Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Tcherniakov’s Der fliegende Holländer at Bayreuth was – and is – for here and now
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2023 [2] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 14.8.2023. (MB)
The LSO were on great form when let loose on Shostakovich’s Symphony No.11 in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [7] – Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Mikhail Pletnev (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.8.2023. (SRT)
The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Adagio from Mendelsohn’s Third is their crowning Proms achievement
United Kingdom Prom 37 – Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2023. (CC)
Gil Shaham scores with Jonathan Leshnoff’s emotionally resonant new sonata in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2023 [11]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Project Smok’s utterly joyous concert of Scottish neo-trad music at the Hub
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2023 [6] – Traditional music played by Project Smok: Project Smok (Ali Levack [piper], Ewan Baird [bodhran] and Pablo Lafuente [guitar]). The Hub, Edinburgh, 12.8.2023. (SRT)
