United Kingdom Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 8.9.2015 (GR)
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An Evening With Ivan Skrt
Argentina An Evening With Ivan Skrt (JSJ)
Some Outstanding Premieres at 2015 Presteigne Festival, August 27-September 1st (GH)
United Kingdom Some Outstanding Premieres at 2015 Presteigne Festival, August 27-September 1st (GH)
Lucerne Festival (3): Concertgebouw and Harding Fail to Convince in Bruckner’s Tricky Fifth
Switzerland Lucerne Festival Mozart, Bruckner Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Daniel Harding (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL) 27.8.2015 (JR)
Hai Ting-Chinn’s Solo Tour de force in Maxwell Davies and O’Regan Operas
United Kingdom Peter Maxwell Davies, The Medium, Tarik O’Regan, The Wanton Sublime: Hai-Ting Chinn (mezzo-soprano), Orpheus Sinfonia, Andrew Griffiths (conductor). Studio 2, Arcola Theatre, London, 27.8.2015 (MB)
Bartók at His Most Majestic, Sleekness and Subtlety from the Pacifica, and a Rocky Outing for Bell
Aspen Music Festival (13): Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, Ligeti, Ran, Schubert, Vivaldi. Soloists, Joshua Bell and David Robertson (conductors). Aspen, Colorado. 14-16.8.2015 (HS)
San Francisco Symphony’s Schoenberg Particularly Impressive
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (20) – Schoenberg, Adams, Mahler: St Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Usher Hall, 27.8.2015 (SRT)
The SWR Symphony Orchestra’s Triumphant First – and Last – Appearance at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 55 – Boulez, Ligeti, and Bartók: Sophie Cherrier (flute), SWR Experimental Studio (live electronics), SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2015 (MB)
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