Schubert: Paul Lewis (piano), Tetbury Music Festival, St Marys’ Parish Church, Tetbury, 4.10.2012. (RJ)
Year: 2012
Lighting Effects Heighten Mood Changes in Shostokovich’s Eleventh
United Kingdom Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2012 (SRT)
Sensational Orchestral Playing in Così fan tutte
United Kingdom Mozart: Così fan tutte (concert performance): Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 04.10.2012 (SRT)
Gorgeous Singing, Bewildering Staging for Bellini in San Francisco
United States Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 3.10.2012 (HS)
Manfred Honeck’s Impressive LSO Debut
United Kingdom Mozart and Mahler: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.10.2012 (MB)
Memorable Mahler in BBC Symphony’s Season Opener
United Kingdom Gordon, Mahler and Shostakovich: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.10.2012. (JPr)
Real Haydn with Real Ale
United Kingdom Haydn: The Night Shift – members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Matthew Truscott (first violin), Margaret Faultless (second violin), Tom Dunn (viola) Robin Michael (cello). Old Queen’s Head, Islington, London, 25.9.2012.
(LDS)
Seduction, Heartache and Passion from Danielle de Niese
United Kingdom Grieg, Wolf, Poulenc, Bizet and Dowland: Danielle de Niese (soprano) with Julius Drake (piano), Town Hall, Birmingham, 30.9.2012 (GR)