United Kingdom Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Britten. Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 26.10.2014 (RB)
Robert Beattie
Met’s Figaro Integrates Music and Drama Seamlessly
United States Mozart, Le Nozze Di Figaro: The Metropolitan Opera HD Live screened at the Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 18.10.2014
Gergiev’s Russian Opener to the LSO’s 2014/15 Season
United Kingdom Boris Tishchenko, Prokofiev, Shostakovich. Denis Matsuev (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Barbican Hall, London 21.9.2014 (RB)
PROM 56: Scriabin’s Vision Realised in Light as Well as Sound
United Kingdom Prom 56. Holst, Schoenberg, Scriabin, Alexander Toradze (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2014 (RB)
PROM 49: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Fairy Tales at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 49: Ravel, Jukka Tiensuu, Szymanowski, Rimsky-Korsakov Anu Komsi (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 23.8.2014 (RB)
PROM 44:Melbourne Symphony Debuts at Prom
United Kingdom Prom 44. Strauss, Elgar, Berlioz, Truls Mørk (cello), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2014 (RB)
PROM 34: Thomas Søndergård Brings Nielsen’s Fifth to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 34: R. Strauss, Mozart, Nielsen, Francesco Pietmontesi (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hal, London, 11.8.2014. (RB)
PROM 26: The European Union Youth Orchestra Bring Twentieth Century Masterworks to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 26: Berio, Shostakovich. European Union Youth Orchestra, London Voices, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2014 (RB)