United Kingdom Nicola Benedetti – Italy and The Four Seasons: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and musicians. Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.9.2015. (JPr)
The Drawing Power of Nicola Benedetti Used to Great Effect
Jim Pritchard
Fine Orchestral Playing under Wigglesworth in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), London Coliseum, London. 26.9.2015 (JPr)
(c) Clive Barda
Vladimir Jurowski: Not Convincing in Mahler’s Seventh with the LPO
United Kingdom Mahler: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.9.2015. (JPr)
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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