United Kingdom Brahms and Mahler: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Melanie Diener (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor),Christopher Purves (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner. Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2011. (JPr)
London
Prom 29 – More style than substance in Dudamel’s Mahler
United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel. Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2011. (JPr)
The Mariinsky Ballet at London’s Royal Opera House
United Kingdom Mariinsky Ballet (50th Anniversary Season) – Scotch Symphony, In the Night, Ballet Imperial : Dancers and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor: Boris Gruzin. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 4.8.2011. (JPr)
Prom 26 – Donald Runnicles leads an enthralling Daphnis et Chloé
United Kingdom Debussy, Dutilleux and Ravel: Lynn Harrell (cello), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 3.8.2011 (CG)
Prom 24 – Tasmin Little shines in Elgar’s Concerto
United Kingdom Elgar, Grainger, and Richard Strauss: Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London 2.8.2011 (CG)
Rare Medtner caps an absorbing recital by Yevgeny Sudbin
United Kingdom Haydn, Liszt, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Medtner: Yevgeny Sudbin (Piano) Wigmore Hall,London. 28.7.2011 (RB)
Prom 21 – More Unusual Concert Programming from Nelsons and the CBSO
United Kingdom Strauss, Walton, and Prokofiev: Midori (violin), Nadzhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2011 (MB)
Prom 19 – Oliver Knussen conducts the BBCSO in a typically unusual programme
United Kingdom Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni and Debussy: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 29.7.2011 (CG)