Sala: Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Shibe’s spellbinding open-air recital proves that some musical experiences cannot be separated from the places in which they unfold.

From Kurtág’s whispered fragments to Reich’s poignant memorialisation of 9/11, the Carducci Quartet deliver a programme of remarkable emotional range and intensity.

Hell holds no fury like a woman scorned, and it was certainly so in Greek mythology, celebrated in this outstanding Aldeburgh Festival performance by the Britten Sinfonia and Helen Charlston.

The Norwegian soprano impresses in a Lieder programme that proves the highlight of the Aldeburgh Festival’s opening weekend. 

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail. 

A  midsummer night but no moonshine for this madness in the Britten Studio. 

Some chamber concerts, like this one at Snape Maltings, can turn a public hall into a large drawing room. 

At last, Bruckner conducting is no longer a specialism confined to a few Austro-German artists devoted to overcoming resistance to the composer’s greatness.