United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 36 – Schubert, Mahler: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2017. (CC)
This Week’s Review
Lieder, Scriabin and Jazzy Banter – the Fringe remains as Eclectic as Ever
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017 (2) – ROSL Roundup: Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street, 14.8.2017. (SRT)
Elgar’s Stirring Tale of Vengeful Gods, Warring Vikings and Doomed Love
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [5] – Elgar, Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf: Erin Wall (soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, 11.8.2017. (RP)
‘Oh, what a Beautiful Prom!’ John Wilson Takes the Promenaders to Oklahoma!
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 35 – Rogers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma! (semi-staged): Soloists, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.8.2017. (CS)
John Storgårds Gives Hindemith’s Music Some Welcome Exposure at the Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 33 – Sibelius, Grieg, Schumann and Hindemith: Lise Davidsen (soprano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2017. (AS)
A Triumphant Prom Performance of La Damnation de Faust
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 31 – Berlioz – La Damnation de Faust: Soloists; Trinity Boys Choir; Monteverdi Choir; National Youth Choir of Scotland; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2017. (CC)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Dausgaard Excels in Strauss but why the ‘Slapdash Scurry’ in Schubert?
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2017 [4] – Schubert, Schumann, Strauss: Sergei Babayan (piano), BBC SSO / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Usher Hall, 8.8.2017. (SRT)
A Flawed Yet Promising Recital by Baritone Sergio Vitale
India Various composers: Sergio Vitale (baritone), Fabio Centanni (piano), Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 8.8.2017. (JSM)