This Week’s Review

Salzburg’s Highly Successful Production of The Queen of Spades

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GermanyGermany Salzburg Festival [5] – Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades: Soloists, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberfer), Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy (stage music), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2018. (MB)

Salzburger Festspiele (c) Monika Rittershaus
Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades(c) Salzburger Festspiele/Monika Rittershaus

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Marin Alsop Leads a Fine Centenary Tribute to Her Mentor, Leonard Bernstein

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 60 – Bernstein, Shostakovich: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (piano), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2018. (CS)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (c) BBC/Chris hristodoulou
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (c) BBC/Chris hristodoulou

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The UK Premiere of Per Nørgård’s Third Symphony is an Unforgettable Experience.

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 51 – Wagner, R. Strauss, Nørgård: Malin Byström (soprano), London Voices; National Youth Chamber Choir of Great Britain, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2018. (CC)

Thomas Dausgaard (c) Thomas Grøndahl
Thomas Dausgaard (c) Thomas Grøndahl

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A House of the Dead Inspires an Eerie Program

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United StatesUnited States Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Bach, Britten, Caplet: Bridget Kibbey (harp), Chad Hoopes (violin), Grace Park (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola), Mihai Marica (cello), Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. 7.8.2018. (DS)

Grace Park and Chad Hoopes (violins), Matthew Lipman (viola), Mihai Marica (cello) and Bridget Kibbey (harp); (c) Steven Pisano.
Grace Park and Chad Hoopes (violins), Matthew Lipman (viola), Mihai Marica (cello)
and Bridget Kibbey (harp) (c) Steven Pisano.

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Sir Simon Rattle’s Masterful Ravel at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 48 – Ravel: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2018. (AS)

Magdalena Kožená as Child (featured centre) (c) BBC/Chris Chistodoulou

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The EUYO Brings a Wonderful Sense of Diversity Amongst Unity to the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 49 – Zubel, Chopin, Tchaikovsky: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), European Union Youth Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2018. (CC)

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) with the European Union Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Seong-Jin Cho (piano), European Union Youth Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
(c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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