Bring Your Overcoat for This Winterreise
26/02/2012
Schubert, Die Winterreise: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Sinopoli, Rome, 24.2.2012 (JB) Read more
Time Travels with the HMS Pinafore
26/02/2012
Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 22.2.2012 (RJW) Read more
Ticciati conducts Berlioz, Beethoven and Neglected Brahms
24/02/2012
Berlioz, Beethoven, Brahms: Lars Vogt (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.2.2012 (SRT) Read more
Music for Ash Wednesday with the BBC NOW and Thomas Dausgaard
23/02/2012
Strauss, Mahler, Sibelius: Ben Johnson (tenor), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 22.Feb.2012 (GPu) Read more
An Ambitious Piano Recital from Danny Driver
23/02/2012
Bach, Chopin, Ligeti, Beethoven. Danny Driver (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 21.2.2012 (RB) Read more
A Mixed Programme from the LPO
23/02/2012
Mozart, Brahms, Zemlinsky, and Szymanowski: Joshua Bell (violin), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.2.2012 (MB) Read more
Sir Mark Elder Conducts Berlioz Roméo et Juliette
21/02/2012
Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette): Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Orlin Anastassov (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, Schola Cantorum, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.2.2012. (JPr) Read more
Rissman Deconstructs Søndergård’s Colorful Prokofiev
19/02/2012
Prokofiev:Naked Classics, Romeo & Juliet, Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.02.2012 (SRT) Read more
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