United Kingdom Prom 50, J. S. Bach: Sir András Schiff (piano), Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2015 (LJ).
András Schiff’s Gold Standard Account of the Goldberg Variations
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Starry Casting in Edinburgh’s HMS Pinafore
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (18) –Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore (concert performance): Scottish Opera, Richard Egarr (conductor), Usher Hall, 23.8.2015. (SRT)
Mostly Mozart Festival Ends with Haydn’s Beginning
United States Mostly Mozart Festival, Finale: Haydn, The Creation, Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Thomas Cooley (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 21.8.2015 (SSM)
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Bring Magnificent Mahler to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 49 – Dean, Mahler: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet). Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2015. (CC)
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons
c Chris Christodoulou
Quaintness and Oriental Charm in St Petersburg Ballet’s La Bayadère
United Kingdom Irina Kolesnikova London Season – Ludwig Minkus, La Bayadère: Soloists, Corps de ballet of The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre and Orchestra / Timor Gorkovenko (conductor), The London Coliseum, London. 22.8.2015. (JPr)
c St Petersburg Ballet Theatre
A Princess Ida with Modern Overtones
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida: York University Gilbert & Sullivan Society / Jess Douglas (conductor), Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate, 17.8.2015 (RJW)
c York University G&S Society
Song Marathon from Gilchrist, Ogden and Tilbrook
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (15) – Songs by Berkeley, Britten, Beamish, Dowland, Schubert & Schumann: James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar) Queen’s Hall, 20.8.2015. (SRT)
Lovesick Maidens in Harrogate
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company / David Steadman (conductor), Royal Hall, Harrogate, 15.8.2015 (RJW)
c Charles Smith