Sir Harrison Birtwistle Makes His Mark on the This is Rattle Festival
24/09/2017
This is Rattle: Varèse, Machaut, Byrd and Birtwistle: BBC Singers; Nash Ensemble / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 23.9.2017. (CC) Read more
‘Achieved is the glorious work’. A Splendid Haydn Performance Launches the CBSO’s 2017/18 Season.
22/09/2017
Haydn: Lydia Teuscher (soprano); Thomas Hobbs (tenor); Matthew Brook (bass-baritone); CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 21.9.2017. (JQ) Read more
Saffron Opera’s Götterdämmerung Sees the End of Everything and Audience on their Feet
18/09/2017
Wagner, Götterdämmerung (concert performance): Soloists, Saffron Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra / Michael Thorne (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex, 17.9.2017. (JPr) Read more
The LSO are Memorable Berlioz as Part of the This is Rattle Festival
18/09/2017
Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Bryan Hymel (Faust); Karen Cargill (Marguerite); Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès); Gábor Bretz (Brander); Tiffin Boys’ Choir; Tiffin Girls’ Choir; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.9.2017. (CC)
Irresistible Story Telling from Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber
18/09/2017
Schubert, Schumann, Pfitzner, Mahler: Christiane Karg (soprano); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.9.2017. (CC)
Christiane Karg © Gisela Schenker
The ‘Spirit of the Dance’ in Butt’s Goldberg Variations at Lammermuir
18/09/2017
Lammermuir Festival 2017 – Bach, Howells, Schubert: John Butt (harpsichord), Hebrides Ensemble, Humbie Kirk, Humbie; Hebrides Ensemble, Dirleton Kirk, Dirleton, 16.9.2017. (SRT)
Hebrides Ensemble in Dirleteon Kirk (c) Jane Nicolson
This Is Rattle. The LSO’s New Music Director Begins with a Major Statement of Intent
15/09/2017
This Is Rattle – Grime, Adès, Birtwistle, Knussen, Elgar: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 14.9.2017. (CS) Read more
Drama, Depth and Democracy as the Doric Quartet Plays Haydn
14/09/2017
Haydn: Doric String Quartet (Alex Redington & Jonathan Stone [violins], Hélène Clément [viola], John Myerscough [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.9.2017. (CS)
Doric String Quartet
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