United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn: Cuarteto Casals [Vera Martínez Mahner & Meesun Hong Coleman (violins), Jonathan Brown (viola), Arnau Tomàs (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 22.9.2014 (CS)
Claire Seymour
PROM 72: Striking Celebration of English Music from Vaughan Williams to Birtwistle
United Kingdom Prom 72 – Vaughan Williams, Birtwistle, Walton: Lise Berthaud (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2014 (CS)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Exody for orchestra (1997)
Walton: Viola Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 in F minor
PROM 53: Wonderfully Satisfying Brahms Brought to the Proms from Budapest
United Kingdom Prom 53: Brahms: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2014 (CS)
PROM 42: Andrew Manze Leads a Moving and Thoughtful Commemoration of the Great War
United Kingdom Prom 42: Stephan, Kelly, Butterworth, Vaughan Williams: Allan Clayton (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze, (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2014 (CS)
PROM 20: Martyn Brabbins Leads a Thrilling and Unusual Prom
United Kingdom PROM 20: Gurney, Beamish, Walton: James Crabb (classical accordion); BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.8.2014 (CS)
PROM 18: An Uplifting Program from Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom PROM 18: Birtwistle, Ravel, Mahler: Alexandre Tharaud (piano); BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2014 (CS)
PROM 5: David Zinman takes his leave of the Tonhalle Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom PROM 5 – R. Strauss, Dvořák, Beethoven: Julia Fischer (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / David Zinman (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2014. (CS)
Estrangement and Repressed Bitterness in Bostridge’s Winterreise
United Kingdom Schubert: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Adès (piano), Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 22.06.14 (CS)