United Kingdom Mozart: Alison Rose, (soprano), Kitty Whately, (mezzo/alto), Alex Banfield, (tenor), Terence Ayebare, (baritone), St George’s Singers / Neil Tailor (conductor), Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Threlfall (conductor), Concert Hall. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 21.11. 2015. (RJF)
Month: November 2015
A Midsummer Night at Its Most Magical
Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chorus of the Geneva Grand Théâtre (Chorus Master: Alan Woodbridge), Maîtrise du Conservatoire Populaire de Musique de Genève (direction: Magali Dami and Serge Ild), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Steven Sloane (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 20.11.2015 (AL) Cast: Oberon: Christopher Lowrey Tytania: Bernarda Bobro Puck: Anna Thalbach … Read more
Marković Takes Over to Achieve a Brilliant and Spontaneous Performance from RLPO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Julian Rachlin (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Aleksandar Marković (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 20.11.2015. (MC)
Odedra’s Murmur Dazzles with Sound, Light and Movement
United Kingdom Wells, Sawhney, Murmur 2.0: Aakash Odedra Company, The Place, London, 20.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Otaka and Goerner Bring Cardiff’s Rachmaninov Series to Fine Conclusion
United Kingdom Grieg, Rachmaninov: Nelson Goerner (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaki Otaka (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 20.11.2015. (PCG)
A Wonderful Programme, Outstandingly Performed by Gerhaher and Huber in Vienna
Austria Beethoven, Schoenberg, Haydn, Berg: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 17.11.2015. (MB)
Jubilee Opera Marks Bicentenary of Battle of Waterloo
United Kingdom Nicol and Stoll, The Drummer Boy of Waterloo: Jubilee Opera, Jubilee Opera Orchestra / Lee Reynolds (conductor), Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, 7.11.2015 (MH)
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Housman – A Life and Landscape in Words and Music
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Various Composers, A Shropshire Lad: Simon Callow (narrator), Robert Murray (tenor), Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Jonathan Stone (violin): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2015. (MH)