United States Mozart, Bruch, Beethoven: Ray Chen (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Royce Hall, UCLA. Los Angeles, 17.2.2017. (DD)
Year: 2017
An Artist for the History Books: Plácido Domingo in Thais
Spain Massenet, Thaïs: Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Patrick Fournillier (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 4.3.2017. (JMI)
Robert Farr reports on the 26th Annual Singing Competition Final – Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers
The 26th Annual Singing Competition Final – Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for Singers at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on 28th February 2017
The ‘1927’ Theatre Group’s Stimulating Stravinsky/Ravel Double-Bill in Berlin
Germany Stravinsky, Petrushka, and Ravel, L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Soloists, Vocalconsort Berlin (chorus master: Andrew Crooks), Children’s Choir (chorus mistress: Dagmar Fiebach) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Markus Poschner (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 2.3.2017. (MB)
OperaHerts’ Tosca Brings ‘Opera on the Grandest Scale’ to Clarendon Muse
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, OperaHerts Chorus, Choirs of Watford Grammar School for Boys and James Rich (percussion) were directed from the piano by Phillip Thomas. Clarendon Muse, Watford, Hertfordshire. 4.3.2017. (JPr)
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Philharmonia in a Stupendous Performance of The Firebird
United Kingdom Ravel, Falla, Stravinsky: Javier Perianes (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.3.2017. (RB)
An Entertaining Provocation: Francesconi’s Quartett Arrives at the Liceu
Spain Francesconi, Quartett: Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Peter Rundel (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 3.3.2017. (JMI)
Kirill Gerstein and Garrick Ohlsson Revel in Different Approaches to Brahms’ Concertos
Canada Brahms, Schoenberg: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Lahav Shani (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 18.2.2016. (GN)
