Performer: Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

The Vienna Philharmonic's first concert at this year's Salzburg Festival pairs Oedipus Rex with the Symphonie fantastique, with Esa-Pekka Salonen stepping in for Lorenzo Viotti. 

An all-day Beethoven experience European style with both highs and lows: much diversity revealed and exploited but of variable quality.

Fingers and bows fluttered through dance-like figures and virtuosic passages packed with trills with astonishing clarity and brilliance.