United Kingdom Beethoven: Erin Wall (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.6.2015 (AS)
Alan Sanders
Haydn’s Creation Raises the Spirits
United Kingdom Haydn: Rachel Chapman (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Matthew Hargreaves (bass), Thames Philharmonic Choir, Thames Festival Orchestra, John Bate (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 13.6.2015 (AS)
The UK Première of an Imaginative Chinese Score
United Kingdom Dvořák, Xiaogang Ye and Mussorgsky: Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/José Serebrier (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 12.6.2015 (AS)
André Previn Rolls Back the Years in Rachmaninov with the LSO
United Kingdom Previn and Rachmaninov: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 10.6.2015. (AS)
Natasha Peremski Tackles Brahms’s First Piano Concerto
United Kingdom Brahms and Schubert: Natasha Peremski (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 9.6.2015 (AS)
A Thrilling Turangalîla Memorably Concludes the Philharmonia’s City of Light Series
Debussy and Messiaen: Samuel Coles (flute), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Anna Stéphany (mezzo-soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinot), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.5.2015 (AS)
A Welcome and Convincing Revival of Morning Heroes
Berlioz, Bliss: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Samuel West (orator), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.5.2015 (AS)
Barbara Hannigan’s “Songs of Vienna”: An Enjoyable and Interesting Evening
United Kingdom Berg, Chausson, Mahler, Schoenberg, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Jacqueline Shave (violin), Miranda Dale (violin), Clare Finnimore (viola), Iain Farrington (piano and harmonium), Mark Knoop (piano), Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music, London, 7.5.2015 (AS)