The 10th Malcolm Arnold Festival Opens with a Flourish
Rob Barnett
I>A Gesture of Friendship Heralds the 10th Malcolm Arnold Festival
Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015, Royal & Derngate, Northampton)
A Gesture of Friendship Heralds the 10th Malcolm Arnold Festival
Osmo Vänskä Concludes the Sibelius Symphony Cycle at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 43: Sibelius: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2015. (RB)
Heatwave Sibelius at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 42: Sibelius & Finnissy: Julian Rachlin (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (RB)
Spells and Ceremonies: A Farewell to British Piano Festival 2015
United Kingdom Robert Matthew-Walker, Howard Ferguson, Ian Venables, Vaughan Williams, John Ireland: Mark Bebbington, Rebeca Omordia, Sofia Sarmento and students, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. Birmingham, 16.6.2015 (RB)
Danger, Passion and Lyricism at the British Piano Festival
United Kingdom Bridge, Howells, Holbrooke, Bowen: Students of Birmingham Conservatoire with Ronald Woodley (bass clarinet), Susanne Stanzeleit (violin), Daniel Roberts (violin), Dorothea Vogel (viola), Andrew Fuller (cello), British Piano Festival 2015, Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, 15.6.2015 (RB)
Contrasting Piano Quartets from Payne and Brahms at British Piano Festival
United Kingdom Payne, Brahms. The Primrose Piano Quartet, British Piano Festival 2015, Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. Bimingham, 16.6.2015 (RB)
British Piano Festival Launches Trio of Rare British Piano Concertos
United Kingdom Jacob, Williamson, Carwithen: Mark Bebbington (piano), The Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Richard Jenkinson,(conductor), Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, 14.6.2015 (RB)