Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
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Garsington Opera: Der Rosenkavalier
Finnegan Downie Dear – conductor
Bruno Ravella – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Garsington Opera Children’s Chorus
The Marschallin – Matilda Sterby
Baron Ochs – Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Martin Winkler 25, 27 & 29 June)
Octavian – Niamh O’Sullivan
Sophie von Faninal – Soraya Mafi
Herr von Faninal – Ben McAteer
Marianne Leitmetzerin – Gweneth Ann Rand
Valzacchi – Robert Murray
Annina – Siân Griffiths
An Italian tenor – Egor Zhuravskii
A commissar of police – Simon Wilding
The Marschallin’s major-domo – SangEup Son
Three noble daughters – Ana-Carmen Balestra, Llinos Haf Jones, Clover Kayne
A milliner – Ceferina Penny
An animal seller – Rhys Meilyr
Faninal’s major-domo – Alfred Mitchell
An innkeeper – Tomos Owen Jones
Boots – Seán Purtnell
Leopold – Samuel Collins-Webb
Cupid – Kamari-J’siah Robinson
Lackeys – Stephen Walker, Joe Matt Murphy, Benedict Munden, Ambrose Connolly
Waiters – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke, Rhys Meilyr, Sam Youg, Joshua McCullough
- Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
Garsington Opera: La traviata
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor (24 June & 9 July)
Louisa Muller – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Violetta Valéry – Madison Leonard
Alfredo Germont – Oleksiy Palchykov
Giorgio Germont – Roland Wood
Gastone de Letorières – Sam Harris
Barond Douphol – Chuma Sijeqa
Doctor Grenvil – Henry Waddington, Thomas D. Hopkinson (24 June, 9, 11, 20 July)
Annina – Mathilda Bryngelsson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandria Moon
Marchese d’Obigny – Sam Young
Giuseppe – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke
Messenger – Peter Lidbetter
Flora’s servant – Sisa Mjekula
- Verdi La traviata
Barcelona: 84 Bells with Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop – conductor
Núria Rial – soprano
Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana
Cor Jove de l’Orfeó Català
Cor de Noies de l’Orfeó Català
Xavier Puig – choirmaster
Pablo Larraz – choirmaster
Montserrat Meneses – choirmaster
- Arvo Pärt Da pacem domine
- David Cieri 84 Bells
- Olivia Pérez-Collellmir Els set somnis de Gaudí
Philharmonia Patrons trip to La traviata at Garsington Opera
Tess Jackson – conductor
Louisa Muller – director
Madison Leonard – Violetta Valéry
Oleksiy Palchykov – Aldfredo Germont
Roland Wood – Giorgio Germont
Sam Harris – Gastone
Chuma Sijeqa – Baron Douphol
Thomas D Hopkinson – Doctor Grenvil
- Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera: The Importance of Being Earnest
Douglas Boyd – conductor
Jack Furness – director
John Worthing – Zahid Siddiqui
Algernon Moncrieff – Seán Boylan
Cecily Cardew – Jennifer France
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax – Holly Brown
Miss Prism – Susan Bickley
Lady Bracknell – Henry Waddington
Lane/Merriman – Peter Lidbetter
- Barry The Importance of Being Earnest
Bedford: Hear and Now
Tim Steiner – artistic director
Supported by members of the Philharmonia
Philharmonia supporters trip: the opening weekend of The Three Choirs Festival 2026
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Adrian Partington
VOCES8
Roderick Williams OBE
Ex Cathedra
Jeffrey Skidmore
Three Choirs Festival: Belshazzar's Feast
Adrian Partington – conductor
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Higgins Fanfare Americana (UK premiere)
- Elgar Symphony No. 1
- Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Three Choirs Festival: Glagolitic Mass
Adrian Partington – conductor
Katelyn Emerson – organ
Rachel Nicholls – soprano
Hilary Summers – contralto
Gwyn Hughes Jones – tenor
Ashley Riches – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Elgar Overture, Cockaigne
- Poulenc Organ Concerto
- Janáček Glagolitic Mass
Three Choirs Festival: Songs of the Sea
Martyn Brabbins – conductor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Three Choirs Festival Youth Choir
- Mendelssohn Overture, The Hebrides
- Wood Never weather-beaten sail
- Elgar Sea Pictures
- Sumsion They that go down to the sea in ships
- McDowall Ave Maris Stella
- Stanford Songs of the Fleet
Three Choirs Festival: Beethoven Mass in C
Samuel Hudson – conductor
Charlotte Bowden – soprano
Olivia Ray – mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore – tenor
John Savournin – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- McDowall A Song for St Cecilia
- Rubbra Symphony No. 10, 'Sinfonia da Camera'
- McDowall Rain, Steam and Speed
- Beethoven Mass in C
Three Choirs Festival: Mozart Requiem
Andrew Reid – conductor
Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay – director/violin
Scott Dickinson – viola
Aoife Miskelly – soprano
Annabella-Vesela Ellis – mezzo-soprano
Gwilym Bowen – tenor
Aidan Smith – bass
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
- Mozart Requiem
Three Choirs Festival: The Dream of Gerontius
Adrian Partington – conductor
Niamh O’Sullivan – mezzo-soprano
John Findon – tenor
David Ireland – bass-baritone
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
- Wagner Prelude to Act 1 from Parsifal
- Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Mikkeli Music Festival 2026
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Erkki Lasonpalo – conductor
Gabriela Montero – piano
Silja Aalto – soprano
Lilja Haatainen – violin
- Sibelius Finlandia
- Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin'
- Strauss Four Last Songs
- Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
- Dvořák Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
- Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'
- Sibelius Symphony No. 2