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    Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko/ Hadelich review – flawless musical beauty
    By Flora Willson

    Royal Albert Hall, LondonIn their second Proms concert, the Berlin Phil brought Beethoven’s Violin Concerto (with Augustin Hadelich the virtuosic and breathtaking soloist), and a detailed and compelling take on Scriabin’s third symphony

    theguardian.com/music/2026/sep

    #Proms2026 #Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #BerlinPhilharmonic #KirillPetrenko #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #proms2026 #classicalmusic #music #culture #berlinphilharmonic #kirillpetrenko
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    Oslo Philharmonic/Gražinytė-Tyla/Kopatchinskaja review – weapons-grade charisma and anarchic delight
    By Flora Willson

    Royal Albert Hall, LondonPatricia Kopatchinskaja hurls herself into Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, while conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla brings precision and intensity to Prokofiev

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Classicalmusic #Music #RoyalAlbertHall #Culture #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #classicalmusic #music #royalalberthall #culture #theguardian #florawillson
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    Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marquise Gilmore review – bassoon earns its spotlight in Thea Musgrave’s Out of the Darkness
    By Flora Willson

    Royal Albert Hall, London Amy Harman brought a warm baritonal vocalise to premiere from nonagerian Thea Musgrave, while Felix Klieser played a remarkable trick

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Proms2026 #Proms #Classicalmusic #Music #AcademyofStMartinintheFields #Culture #Festivals #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #proms2026 #proms #classicalmusic #music #academyofstmartininthefields #culture
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    Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra/Wilson review – white-hot intensity as Verdi Reqiuem shakes St Paul’s vast dome
    By Flora Willson

    St Paul’s Cathedral, LondonElemental roars and full-frontal vocal expressivity as the UFO focuses on a mission bigger than a good performance

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Ukraine #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #classicalmusic #culture #music #ukraine #theguardian #florawillson
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    LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming
    By Flora Willson

    Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe first of two evening proms began with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s polished but polite Beethoven and intoxicating Adès. Later, the Fantasia orchestra’s bitty playlist-type programme only occasionally sparked into life.

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Classicalmusic #Proms2026 #Culture #Music #GustavoDudamel #RoyalAlbertHall #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #classicalmusic #proms2026 #culture #music #gustavodudamel #royalalberthall
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    ‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave
    By Flora Willson

    How does it feel to be locked into a venue notorious for its unpadded seating to experience a full-throttle Ring cycle and more? Our critic found out at the 150th anniversary of the mighty Bayreuth festival

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #RichardWagner #Bayreuthfestival #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #opera #classicalmusic #culture #music #richardwagner #bayreuthfestival
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    National Youth Orchestra/Adès review – assured young musicians end their season all guns blazing
    By Flora Willson

    Royal Albert Hall, LondonThunderous timpani, stereo harps, a supersized horn section and 160 teenagers combined for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Adès’s Dante and a Liszt waltz

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Proms2026 #Proms #Music #Culture #Classicalmusic #ThomasAds #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #proms2026 #proms #music #culture #classicalmusic #thomasads
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    Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
    By Flora Willson

    Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthFor the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess

    theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

    #Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #opera #classicalmusic #culture #music #aiartificialintelligence #technology
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    Rienzi review – Wagner’s early opera makes its Bayreuth debut as a frenzied contemporary election drama
    By Flora Willson

    Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthAlexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka’s production swaps 14th-century Rome for an abstract near future in an over-busy staging . Jennifer Holloway’s Adriano is a standout in a strong cast

    theguardian.com/music/2026/jul

    #Opera #RichardWagner #Culture #Classicalmusic #Music #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

    #opera #richardwagner #culture #classicalmusic #music #theguardian