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Bachtrack Editions: September 2026

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Welcome to September’s Bachtrack Edition, where we put the spotlight on a selection of our reviews, stories and images from the past month.

Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s <i>Ihsane</i> at the Edinburgh Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s Ihsane at the Edinburgh Festival
© Jess Shurte
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill &copy; Julian Guidera
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill
© Julian Guidera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York &copy; Richard Termine | Met Opera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York
© Richard Termine | Met Opera
A less than grand <i>Macabre</i>: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti &copy; Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
A less than grand Macabre: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti
© Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful <i>Aida</i> opens the season in Helsinki &copy; Emma Suominen
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful Aida opens the season in Helsinki
© Emma Suominen
Fragility and power at New York’s Battery Dance Festival 2026 &copy; Steven Pisano
Fragility and power at New York’s Battery Dance Festival 2026
© Steven Pisano
Clay Hilley and Anja Bihlmaier ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Clay Hilley and Anja Bihlmaier ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Beauty under siege: a new <i>Siège de Corinthe</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Beauty under siege: a new Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Missy Mazzoli’s <i>The Galloping Cure</i> receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh &copy; Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli’s The Galloping Cure receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh
© Andrew Perry
Bread and Transfiguration: Messiaen’s <i>Saint François d’Assise</i> at the Salzburg Festival &copy; SF | Monika Rittershaus
Bread and Transfiguration: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival
© SF | Monika Rittershaus
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s <i>Ihsane</i> at the Edinburgh Festival &copy; Jess Shurte
Heritage games: Cherkaoui’s Ihsane at the Edinburgh Festival
© Jess Shurte
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill &copy; Julian Guidera
Double bleak: Opera Prelude compares and contrasts Bernstein and Weill
© Julian Guidera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York &copy; Richard Termine | Met Opera
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with Lise Davidsen in New York
© Richard Termine | Met Opera
A less than grand <i>Macabre</i>: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti &copy; Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
A less than grand Macabre: Musikfest Berlin opens its new edition with Ligeti
© Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Fabian Schellhorn
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful <i>Aida</i> opens the season in Helsinki &copy; Emma Suominen
The price of war: Noa Naamat’s powerful Aida opens the season in Helsinki
© Emma Suominen
Fragility and power at New York’s Battery Dance Festival 2026 &copy; Steven Pisano
Fragility and power at New York’s Battery Dance Festival 2026
© Steven Pisano
Clay Hilley and Anja Bihlmaier ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell &copy; BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Clay Hilley and Anja Bihlmaier ride the waves for Mahler’s epic farewell
© BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Beauty under siege: a new <i>Siège de Corinthe</i> at the Rossini Opera Festival &copy; Amati Bacciardi
Beauty under siege: a new Siège de Corinthe at the Rossini Opera Festival
© Amati Bacciardi
Missy Mazzoli’s <i>The Galloping Cure</i> receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh &copy; Andrew Perry
Missy Mazzoli’s The Galloping Cure receives eye-catching world premiere in Edinburgh
© Andrew Perry
Bread and Transfiguration: Messiaen’s <i>Saint François d’Assise</i> at the Salzburg Festival &copy; SF | Monika Rittershaus
Bread and Transfiguration: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival
© SF | Monika Rittershaus

Editor Mark Pullinger runs down his choice picks for Rising Stars for the coming season. Check our Young Artists in Dance too.

Photo of the month

Sheep, smoke and blasted stage captured by Monika Rittershaus in Salzburg Festival’s new Saint François d’Assise.

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