United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (19) – Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček: Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor) Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.8.2014 (SRT)
Month: August 2014
Innocence and Humour on Musical Fringe
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 (5) The Horne Section: Underbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, 20.8.2014 Alex Horne – Monsieur Butterfly: Pleasance. Edinburgh, 20.8.2014 (SRT) The Horne Section are one of my favourite regular acts on the Fringe. Not only are they brilliant musicians, but they have a perfect line on silly, slightly innocent comedy which … Read more
Czech Philharmonic Does Full Justice to Czech Music
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (18) – Janáček, Korngold, Martinů: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.8.2014 (SRT)
Eclecticism and Potential from Eight Young Musicians
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 (6) – Schubert at Teatime: Peter Foggitt and Robin Green, Trinity Trio, Huw Wiggin, Thomas Atkins, Somi Kim, Over-Seas House, Edinburgh, 22.8.2014 (SRT)
Joyce DiDonato – ‘Bel Canto’ In Buenos Aires
Argentina Haydn, Hasse, Handel, Bellini, Rossini, Santoliquido: Joyce DiDonato (mezzosoprano) with David Zobel (piano), Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 18.8.2014. (JSJ)
PROM 46:Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Show Again that Middle Eastern Harmony is Possible
United Kingdom Prom 46 – Mozart, Adler, Rouston, and Ravel:West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2014 (MB)
Thought-Provoking Rosenkavalier Needs a Dash of Whipped Cream
Austria Salzburg Festival (6) – Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17.8.2014 (MB)
The Fairy Queen: A Production Evoking the Spirit of Purcell
United States Purcell, The Fairy Queen: The Sebastians, Jeff Grossman (musical director), Christopher Caine (director and choreographer), East Thirteenth Street Theatre, New York, 18.8.2014 (SSM)
