United Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Marc Minkowski (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 18.5.2015. (JPr)
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Sydney Experiences Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in an Unfamiliar Guise
Australia J S Bach, Vivaldi, C P E Bach, Max Richter: Christina Leonard (soprano saxophone), Brendan Joyce (baroque violin), Ben Dollman (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra / Paul Dyer (Conductor and Artistic Director), City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, 6.5.2015. (ZT)
Three World Premieres at the End of a Welsh Pier
Adams, Lunn, Pärt, Green, Kúrtag, Wallace, Ayres: Antoine Françoise and Robin Green (pianos), *David Childs (euphonium), *Patrick King (timpani). Penarth Pier Pavilion, Cardiff. 16.5. 2015 (PCG) John Adams (b.1947) – Hallelujah Junction (1998) Ben Lunn (b.1990) – The Horror and the Estasy (2014) world première Arvo Pärt (b.1935) – Hymn to a Great … Read more
Diversity of Works at Atmospheres New Music Festival 2015
United Kingdom Alex Corlett, Ray Leung, Marianna Filippi, Amy Willock Nathan Jones and others: Various performers, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 125.2015 (PCG)
New Zealand Opera Moves La Cenerentola to Mercantile Victorian London
New Zealand Rossini, La Cenerentola: Soloists, Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus (Chorusmaster: Michael Vinten), Orchestra Wellington, Wyn Davies (conductor), St. James’ Theatre, Wellington, 9.5.2015 (PM)
Mike Leigh’s Mikado is an Audience Pleaser
Gilbert & Sullivan. The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / David Parry (conductor), Coliseum, London, 9.5.2015. (CC)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Concludes Mini-Series with Magnificent Creation
United Kingdom Haydn, The Creation: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Stephen Layton (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 8.5.2015. (PCG)
Vasily Petrenko’s Bleak but Compelling Vision of Mahler’s Tenth
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Till Fellner (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2015. (JPr)