United Kingdom Grieg, McLeod and Beethoven: Jane Atkins (viola), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Joseph Swensen (conductor), City Halls Glasgow, 26.10.2018. (GT)
John McLeod’s New Viola Concerto is Premiered by Jane Atkins and the SCO
Gregor Tassie
THE PIANIST ANGELA HEWITT IN CONVERSATION WITH GREGOR TASSIE
Angela Hewitt talks with Gregor Tassie
The Canadian/British pianist has been a major figure on the international concert circuit since her victory in 1985 at the International Bach Piano Competition in Toronto, one of the awards of which was a debut recording with Deutsche Grammophon of Bach. Her recording in many ways opened up her career to new audiences and she has since established herself as a formidable interpreter of Baroque music along with the Impressionist French school of Fauré, Debussy and Ravel.
Scottish Opera Opens the New Season with a Revival of Verdi’s Rigoletto
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera / Rumon Gumba (conductor), Theatre Royal Glasgow, 18.10.2018. (GT)
Susanna Branchini as Abigaille shines in Verdi’s Nabucco at Teatro di San Carlo
Italy Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (conductor), Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, 12.10.2018. (GT)
François Leleux is Transcendent in Haydn, Schubert and Brahms
United Kingdom Haydn, Brahms and Schubert: François Leleux (soloists and conductor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City Hall Glasgow, 5.10.2018. (GT)
Vilde Frang’s Graceful Beethoven Opens New SCO Season
United Kingdom Nielsen, Sibelius and Beethoven: Vilde Frang (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Enrique Mazzola (conductor), City Hall Glasgow, 28.9.2018. (GT)
Closing Concert of the ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [2] – Verdi, Cilea, Puccini, Saint-Saens, De Curtis, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky: Hibla Gerzmava (soprano), Denis Matsuev (piano), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor) Zagursky Musical Theatre, Irkutsk, 12.9.2018. (GT)
Tatarstan National Symphony at ‘Stars of Baikal’ Music Festival
Russian Federation ‘Stars on Baikal’ Festival [1] – Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Alexander Malofeev (piano), Kristine Balanas (violin), Ekaterina Kornishina (flute), Zagursky Music Theatre, Irkutsk, 11.9.2018. (GT)