United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 25 – Schütz, Bach: Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2017 (CC)
Colin Clarke
Joyce El-Khoury’s Violetta Heads Strong Cast for a Tremendous Glyndebourne La traviata
United Kingdom 2017 Glyndebourne Festival [3] – Verdi La traviata: Soloists; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Stefan Soltész. Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes, Sussex, 1.8.2017. (CC)
Sir Malcolm Sargent Celebrated in Style at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROM 13 – Malcolm Sargent’s 500th Prom: Beatrice Rana (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 24.7.2017. (CC)
At the Proms the Aurora Orchestra’s ‘Eroica’ offers much more than a mere feat of memory
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PROMS 10 – R. Strauss, Beethoven: Tom Service, Nicholas Collon (presenters); Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.7.2017. (CC)
Tom Service and Nicholas Collon introduce Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony, with live excerpts. Concept, script and direction by Nicholas Collon, Jane Mitchell and Tom Service; Struan Leslie (movement director)
with live excerpts from the Aurora Orchestra (c) Sarah Jeynes/BBC
Welsh National Opera Fascinates with Tchaikowsky’s Merchant of Venice
United Kingdom André Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice: Soloists; Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lionel Friend. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 19.7.2017. (CC)
Comedic Leoncavallo: Another Success at Opera Holland Park
United Kingdom Leoncavallo, Zazà: Soloists; Opera Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia / Peter Robinson. Opera Holland Park, London, 18.7.2017. (CC)
A Brilliantly Entertaining Way to Begin the 2017 Proms Chamber Music Series
United Kingdom 2017 BBC PCM 1 – Monteverdi, R. Williams: I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (organ/director). Cadogan Hall, London, 17.7.2017. (CC)
after Là ci darem la mano at Cadogan Hall
Birtwistle’s Deep Time and Time for Even More Elgar from Barenboim
United Kingdom 2107 BBC PROMS 4 – Birtwistle & Elgar: Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim. Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.7.2017. (CC)
