United Kingdom Prom35: Maxwell Davies, Walton, Sibelius: James Ehnes (violin), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2014 (RB)
Month: August 2014
PROM 34: Thomas Søndergård Brings Nielsen’s Fifth to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 34:Strauss, Mozart, Nielsen, Francesco Pietmontesi (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hal, London, 11.8.2014 (RB)
Barenboim In A Homeland Tristan und Isolde
Argentina Wagner, Extracts from Tristan und Isolde: Soloists,Chorus of Teatro Colón, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor:Daniel Barenboim, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6 .8.2014. (JSJ)
Mostly Mozart (5): Noseda Conducts a Fiercely Individual Beethoven’s 9th
United States Mostly Mozart (5) Beethoven: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Erika Grimaldi (soprano), Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass),Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), 12.8.2014 (SSM)
Photo credit: Noseda© Chris.Christodoulou
The Immortal Hour Celebrates its Centenary above a Pub
United Kingdom Rutland Boughton, The Immortal Hour: Soloists and Instrumental Ensemble / Inga Davis-Rutter (conductor), Finborough Theatre, London, 11.08.2014 (RB)
Credit Finborough Theatre
PROM 31:Helen Grime Provides the Highlight in the Hallê’s Prom
United Kingdom Prom 31: Berlioz, Elgar, Grime, and Beethoven:Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Hallé, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2014 (MB)
A Bleak Performance from Bostridge
Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (7) – Mahler, Weill, Britten: IanBostridge & Julius Drake, Queen’s Hall, 12.8.2014 (SRT) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Weill: Four Walt Whitman Songs Britten: Who are these Children? Ian Bostridge cut a remorselessly bleak figure on the platform today. That’s appropriate enough, given some … Read more
Messiaen Work Creates Meditative Web of Sound
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (6) – Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Antje Weithaas (violin), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 11.8.2014 (SRT)