United Kingdom Handel, Il pastor fido: Soloists of New Chamber Opera, The Band of Instruments / Steven Devine (conductor/harpsichord), New College, Oxford, 3.7.2019. (CR)
Handelian Pastoral Pleasures in Oxford
Curtis Rogers
Offenbach’s Bicentenary Year Garsington Opera Fantasio
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2019 [2] – Offenbach, Fantasio: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Justin Doyle (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 22.6.2018. (CR)
Garsington Opera’s The Bartered Bride is a Winning Summer’s Evening
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2019 [1] – Bedřich Smetana, The Bartered Bride: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 8.6.2018. (CR)
Oxford Philharmonic Gets Energetic Direction from Stand-in Conductor Jamie Phillips
United Kingdom Korngold & Tchaikovsky: Carmine Lauri (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Jamie Phillips (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 6.3.2019. (CR)
Monteverdi’s Vespers Resounded Authoritatively in the Colourful Confusion of Keble College Chapel
United Kingdom Keble Early Music Festival [2] – Monteverdi: Sophie Bevan, Zoë Brookshaw (sopranos), Charles Daniel, Simon Wall, Rogers Covey-Crump (tenors), William Gaunt, Daniel Tate (basses), The Choir of Keble College, Oxford, The Choristers of New College, Oxford, English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble / Matthew Martin (conductor). Keble College Chapel, Oxford 23.2.2019. (CR)
In Oxford La Serenissima Make a Good Case for Vivaldi’s Fertile and Versatile Imagination
United Kingdom Keble Early Music Festival [1] – Vivaldi: Adrian Chandler (director/violin), La Serenissima. Keble College Chapel, Oxford, 21.2.2019. (CR)
Oxford Philharmonic Offers Distinguished and Balanced Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart: Vilde Frang (violin) Lawrence Power (viola), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 9.2.2019. (CR)
Oxford Philharmonic’s Concert Showcases Three Principal Eras in Musical History
United Kingdom Bach, Schumann, and Beethoven: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Charlotte Scott (violins), Martha Argerich (piano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Town Hall, Oxford, 14.1.2019. (CR)
