United Kingdom ‘Vienna Revisited’ – Schoenberg and Berg: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alice Privett (soprano), Chad Vindin (piano), Members of the Aurora Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, 18. and 20.9.2014 (MB)
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Nicolas Hodges’ Fascinating Recital Offers Much More than the Sum of its Parts
United Kingdom Debussy, Birtwistle, and Mozart-Busoni: Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.9.2014 (MB)
London Celebrates Gluck’s Tercentenary – Though Not in an Opera House
United Kingdom Gluck, Il Parnoso confuso, and Ferdinando Bertoni, Orfeo: Soloists, CHROMA, Thomas Blunt (conductor). St John’s Smith Square, London, 16.9.2014 (MB)
PROM 69: Widman Premiere Work Evokes Ghosts of Expressionist Past
United Kingdom Prom 69 – Brahms and Widmann: Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2014 (MB)
PROM 70: Celebrating Maxwell Davies’ 80th Birthday
United Kingdom BBC Prom 70 – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Dmitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bagpipes), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Ben Gernon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2014 (MB)
PROM 59: A Magnificent Elektra at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 59 – Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, BBC Singers (chorus master: Paul Wiegold), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2014. (MB)
PROM 57: Daniel Harding’s Impressive Mahler at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 57 – Mahler: Kate Royal (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Swedish Radio Choir (chorus master: Peter Dijkstra), Philharmonia Chorus (chorus master: Stefan Bevier), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2014 (MB)
Ambitious New Opera Commission Fails To Impress
Salzburg Festival (3) – Dalbavie, Charlotte Salomon: Soloists, Choral ‘Stürmer’, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Marc-André Dalbavie (conductor). Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 14.8.2014 (MB) Cast Charlotte Salomon – Johanna Wokalek Charlotte Kahn – Marianne Crebassa Paulinka Bimbam – Anaïk Morel Amadeus Daberlohn – Frédéric Antoun Herr Knarre, Fourth Nazi – Vincent Le Texier Frau Knarre – Cornelia Kallisch Franziska … Read more