United Kingdom Elgar, Joseph Phibbs and Walton: Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Roland Wood (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.11.17. (AS)
Month: November 2017
A Moving Still Life is the Culmination of BRB’s Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet – Arcadia; Le Baiser de la fée; ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 3.11.2017. (J.O’D)
Less is More for Lawrence Renes, LPO and Bruckner’s Eighth
United Kingdom Bruckner: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2017. (Y-JH)
A Visually Enchanting Abduction from the Seraglio
Germany Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Staatskapelle and Staatsoperchor Dresden / Christopher Moulds (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 2.11.2017. (JMI)
After a Big Announcement, Tilson Thomas Shows Why He’ll Be Missed
United States Bernstein, R. Strauss: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 2.11.2017. (HS)
An Evening with L.A. Dance Project
United States Various composers: Benjamin Millepied & Noé Soulier (choreographers), Dancers of L.A. Dance Project, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 2.11.2017. (JRo)
Rather A Divided Audience Response for WNO’s From the House of the Dead
United Kingdom Janáček, From the House of the Dead: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 26.10.2017. (RJF)
Karl-Heinz Steffens Conducts the Philharmonia’s Romantic Masterspieces
United Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms: Esther Yoo (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2 .11.2017. (Y-JH)
