United Kingdom Mahler: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.9.2015. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Bernard Haitink’s Serene Mahler with the LSO at the Barbican
United Kingdom Beethoven and Mahler: Murray Perahia (piano), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.9.2015. (JPr)
Refreshing New Approach to the Orpheus Myth from Versatile Little Bulb Theatre
United Kingdom Deloitte Ignite Festival 2015 – Django Reinhart: Orpheus: Little Bulb Theatre / Dominic Conway (music director), Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London, 16.9.2015. (JPr)
Salieri’s Entertaining La Grotta di Trofonio Materialises in London after 240 Years
(c) Bampton Classical Opera
United Kingdom Antonio Salieri, Trofonio’s Cave (La Grotta di Trofonio): Soloists and chorus of Bampton Classical Opera and CHROMA conducted by Paul Wingfield. St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.9.2015 (JPr)
Rattle’s Wonderful Gerontius at the Proms Lacks Dramatic Impact
United Kingdom Prom 75 – Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Proms Youth Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 11.9.2015 (JPr)
in The Dream of Gerontius (c) BBC&Chris Christodoulou
Lest We Forget Akram Khan’s Gut-Wrenching Dust Continues to Impress
United Kingdom Liszt, Cowton, Pook, Lest We Forget: Artists of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 8.9.2015. (JPr)
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Well Integrated Playing from Benedetti, Elschenbroich and Grynyuk
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 8 – Brahms, Arlene Sierra: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio [Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)], Cadogan Hall, London, 7.9.2015. (JPr)
Stage and Screen Come to the Proms in a Bernstein Bonanza
United Kingdom BBC Prom 67 – Bernstein, Stage and Screen: with singers including Louise Dearman (vocalist), Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano), Scarlett Strallen (vocalist) and Julian Ovenden (vocalist), Maida Vale Singers, John Wilson Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2015. (JPr)
