United Kingdom Prom 7 – Fauré, Stravinsky and Poulenc: Julie Fuchs (soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Marc Minkowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.7.2016. (AS)
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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge on Fine Form at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 3. Mozart, Haydn and Fauré: Thomas Hopkins (treble), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Paula Murphy (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.7.16 (AS)
The Jerusalem Quartet Achieve Sheer Perfection in French Music
United Kingdom Janáček, Bartók and Ravel: Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 18.6.2016 (AS)
Young Musicians Provide a Stylish Upbeat Before Harding and the LSO
United Kingdom Dvořák and Bartók: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 9.6.2016 (AS)
Salonen Turns Late Stravinsky Pieces into Vehicles of Fervent and Expressive Beauty
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Allan Clayton (tenor), Hélène Hébrard (mezzo-soprano), David Soar (bass), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra,/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 2.6.2016. (AS)
At Short Notice Jaime Martín Makes a Fine Impression
United Kingdom Salieri, Mozart, Koželuch and Haydn: Janina Fialkowska (piano), London Mozart Players,/Jaime Martín (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 26.5.2016. (AS)
Sir Mark Elder and the LSO Commemorate the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
United Kingdom Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Ravel and Debussy: Louise Alder (soprano), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 28.4.2016 (AS)
Herbert Blomstedt: Wise and Satisfying in Mozart and Bruckner
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt (conduct0r), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 24.4.2016. (AS)