Instrument: Clarinet

Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking represents Freeze Frame Opera's best production to date, with a powerhouse performance by founder soprano Hattie Marshall.

****1

At Festival Ravel: tilting at windmills

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Mark Pullinger, 03 Sep

Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.

***11

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

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Nick Boston, 10 Aug

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

Cool cat: Martin Fröst purrs at the BBC Proms

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Mark Pullinger, 31 Jul

The Swedish clarinettist pays tribute to two jazz legends in Joshua Weilerstein's programme that includes Proms debutante, Elsa Barraine, and Rachmaninov.

****1

Performers

Allakhverdyan, Boris Audard, Véronique Azmeh, Kinan Babcsán, Bence Baldeyrou, Nicolas Barragán, Pablo Barrière-Bilote, Marie-B.Bartoli, Stefano Beddoe, Poppy Belda, Ángel Bell, Carey Berrod, Philippe Bieri, Reto Bliss, Julian Boix Cantó, Fàtima Brill, Shirley Bruce Yeh, John Bruckner, Marc Caratini, Clément Carbonare, Alessandro Carles, Augustin Casanovas Nuevo, Oliver Christophe, Joë Ciofolo de Peretti, Axelle Collins, Michael Corbett, Christopher Dirr, Fabian Falietti, Jean-Claude Fallico, Andrea Feidman, Giora Ferreira, Carlos Ferrer, Juan Fransén, Johan Friend, Anthony Fröst, Martin Galaxy Su, Yuhsin Genisson, Pierre Gentile, Giuseppe Giraldo, Matthew Glander, Matthias Godet, Jean-Brice Golob, Andraž Griffith, Matthew Götsch, Andrea Hackel, Mona Harlan, Ben Hervé, Julien Hochstöger, Daniel Hoddinott, Christian Hofmann, Johannes Hosford, Richard Hunt, Matthew Häusler, Dani Höhn, Nina Hönig, Elmar Jackson, Tim Kam, Sharon Kehrle, Alexandra Kennedy, Bixby Key, Jurgen Kim, Hye Jin Kim, Yoonah Krakauer, David Lando, Vadim Lee, Soo-Young Lehne, Sebastian Leibovitz, Jonathan Lindgren, Magnus Lochet, Vincent Lukschander, Thomas Lulich, Benjamin Manasse, Jon Marriner, Andrew Martín, Maximiliano Martínez, Javier Mason, Andrew Matsumoto, Kenji Mausen, Max McGill, Anthony Messina, Patrick Meyer, Paul Meyer, Sabine Morales, Ricardo Moser, Christoph Mårtensson, Staffan Müller, Christoph Neubauer, Alexander Neubauer, Stefan Neuloh, Lina Nunes, Filipa Ockert, Julius Ottensamer, Daniel Pachinger, Gerald Palmer, Todd Pashley, Oliver Patey, Olivier Pell, Christopher Pires, Sérgio Piters, Arno Plane, Robert Pujuila, Florent Pérez Piquer, Enrique Raden, Gregory Raimundo, Eduardo Ramos Salvadó, Miquel Reilly, Teresa Reman, Tibor Rosman, Carl Russi, Livio Sampaio, Diana Sartori, Luca Schablas, Andreas Schlader, Ernst Schmid, Kurt Franz Schmückle-Wagner, Sylvia Schorn, Matthias Schweiger, Max Schön, Markus Shirai, Kosuke Simpson, Mark Smith, Giacomo Souvagie, Emile Spagnolo, Kevin Spencer, Katherine Stecher, Armon Stern, Nina Stockel, Arthur Sundquist, Christopher Sutherland, Rennie Svetnitsky-Ehrenreich, Alexander Sévère, Raphaël Thomson, Ken Unknown Valdepeñas, Joaquin Van Wauwe, Annelien Vasara, Klaara Virsik, Frederik Vogel, Christian Wachter, Rupert Westphal, Michel Widmann, Jörg Williamson, Sarah Willmann, Benoît de Moed, Jelmer van de Wiel, Mark