United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Catherine Hamilton (soprano), Alison Kettlewell (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone), Dartington Community Choir and Dartington Sinfonietta / Simon Capet (conductor), Great Hall, Dartington, 10.12.2017. (PRB)
Philip Buttall
Monteverdi’s Vespers of the Blessed Virgin at Plymouth Guildhall
United Kingdom Monteverdi: Plymouth Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Cecilia Osmond & Esther Brazil (sopranos), Simon Ponsford (male alto), Ben Thapa & Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenors), Richard Bannan & Julian Dubreuil (basses) / Christopher Fletcher (conductor). Plymouth Guildhall. 26.11.2017. (PRB)
Three Spires Singers in Haydn and Dvořák
United Kingdom Haydn, Schumann, Dvořák: Three Spires Singers and Orchestra, Anna Patalong (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), David Webb (tenor), Benedict Nelson (bass), Paul Comeau (piano) / Christopher Gray (conductor). Truro Cathedral, 18.11.2017. (PRB)
Devon Baroque’s ‘Musical Battles, and the Trumpet, Naturally…’
United Kingdom Falconieri, Telemann, Fasch, Torelli, Biber: Devon Baroque, Russell Gilmour (natural trumpet), Persephone Gibbs (director/violin), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director/harpsichord). Great Hall, Dartington, 29.10.2017. (PRB)
Dante Quartet play ‘Czech Mates’
United Kingdom Schulhoff, Dvořák, Janáček: Dante String Quartet, Alinka Rowe (viola), St Eustachius Church, Tavistock. 14.7.2017. (PRB)
Excellent Elijah from Three Spires Singers and Truro Choral Society
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Anita Watson (soprano), Catherine Carby (mezzo-soprano), Alexander James Edwards (tenor), Christopher Cull (baritone), Lucy Wallis (girl chorister), Three Spires Singers, Truro Choral Society, Truro Cathedral Choir Girl Choristers and Orchestra / Christopher Gray (conductor), Truro Cathedral. 24.6.2017. (PRB)
The Roaring Twenties at Plymouth University
United Kingdom Ansell, Lehár, Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers, Vaughan Williams, Moeran, Porter: Jeni Bern (soprano), Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta / Simon Ible (conductor). Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, 10.6.2017. (PRB)
The Dartington ensembles perform sombre music by Laura Rossi and Brahms
United Kingdom Rossi, Brahms: Vanessa Redgrave (narrator), Catherine Hamilton (soprano), Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone), Dartington Community Choir and Dartington Sinfonietta / Simon Capet (conductor), Great Hall, Dartington. 7.5.2017. (PRB)