United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (7) Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Rasch; Matthew Trusler (violin), Yeree Suh (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Choristers of the Three Cathedral Choirs, Singers from Die Kantorei der Kreuzkirche, Chemnitz, Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Baldur Brönimann (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 31.7.2014 (JQ)
John Quinn
Juraj Valčuha and Mahler Take the Three Choirs by Storm
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (4) Mahler. Katherine Broderick (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Juraj Valčuha (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 28.7.2014 (JQ)
A Spirited and Convincing Performance of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (3) Dvorák: Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 27.7.2014 (JQ)
Dvorák – Stabat Mater
The Three Choirs Festival Commemorates the Great War with War Requiem
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (2) Katherine Broderick (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Choristers of the Three Cathedral Choirs, Festival Chorus. Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Nardone (conductor), Worcester Cathedral, 26.7.2014 (JQ)
The Great War Commemorated in a Superb Recital by Roderick Williams and Gary Matthewman
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (1) Roderick Williams (baritone), Gary Matthewman (piano), Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, 26.7.2014 (JQ)
The Birmingham Bach Choir Brings Passiontide Music to Tewkesbury Abbey
United Kingdom Scarlatti, Bach, MacMillan, Whitacre, Leighton, Birmingham Bach Choir, Martyn Rawles (organ), Paul Spicer (conductor), Tewkesbury Abbey, 12.4.2014. (JQ)
Manfred Honeck Leads a Thrilling and Moving Verdi Requiem in Prague
Czech Republic Verdi, Requiem Simone Schneider (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Pavel Černoch (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 9.4.2014 (JQ)
The Premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s Gripping and Moving Passion Setting
United Kingdom Bach, Stephen Hough, Jon Laukvik, Matthew Martin, Gabriel Jackson, William Whitehead (organ), Emma Tring (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), The Choir of Merton College, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor), Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 4.4.2014. (JQ)