The English Music Festival 2015 – Nine Years Old and Still Vibrant
Rob Barnett
War Echoes in English Music Festival’s Opening Concert
United Kingdom English Music Festival 2015 – Parry, Arnell, Havergal Brian, Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Finzi: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, 22.5.2015 (RB)
Violin Sonata Composed at Gallipoli Opens Concert
United KingdomEnglish Music Festival 2015 – Kelly, Matthews, Alwyn, Parry: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin) and Matthew Rickard (piano), Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, 23.5.2015 (RB)
Prieto Directs the RLPO in a Second Largely Latino Celebration
United Kingdom Ravel, Tchaikovsky, de Falla. Giovanni Sollima (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 26.4.2015 (RB)
RLPO Offers Latino Feel-Good Factor on a Balmy April Evening
United Kingdom Ravel, Sollima, de Falla, Chávez, Moncayo: Giovanni Sollima (cello), Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto, (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 23.4.2015 (RB)
Celebration of Tatar Music Introduces Little Known Composers to Britain
United Kingdom Zhiganov, Akhiyarova, Yarulli, Kallimullin, Rachmaninov, Rimsky Korsakova: Venera Gimadieva (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra / Guerassim Voronkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 1.4.2015 (RB)
The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett
The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett The composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Bulgaria in 1980, was raised from a young age in London and is now a British citizen. In 2013 ECM issued a CD entirely devoted to her music entitled String Paths. It was reviewed by MWI here and … Read more
The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett The composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Bulgaria in 1980, was raised from a young age in London and is now a British citizen. In 2013 ECM issued a CD entirely devoted to her music entitled String Paths. It was reviewed by MWI here and … Read more