United Kingdom Elgar, Ireland and Walton: Piers Lane (piano); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.3.2015 (AS)
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Heady Soundworld of Weill/Brecht’s Mahagonny Recreated at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Weill, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 10.03.2015 (CC)
Strength of Emotion in English Touring’s Siege of Calais
United Kingdom Donizetti, L’assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais): Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Jeremy Silver. Hackney Empire, London, 1.3.2015 (CC)
Uplifting Lunchtime Beethoven from the Signum String Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven. Signum String Quartet [Kerstin Dill & Annette Walther (violins), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Thomas Schmitz (cello)] Wigmore Hall, London. 2.3.2015. (LB)
Adám Fischer and the OAE Sparkle in Czech Music
United Kingdom Smetana, Brahms and Dvořák: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Adám Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 4.3.2015 (AS)
Chelsea Opera Puts on Memorable Performance of Neglected Massenet Opera
United Kingdom Massenet, Le roi de Lahore (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Chelsea Opera Group/Renato Belsadonna (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 01.03.2015 (CC)
Enthusiastic Welcome for a Dynamic Young Conductor
United States Mozart, Stravinsky, Beethoven: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA. 1.3.2015 (LV)
Distinctively Expressive: Ian Bostridge and Lars Vogt at the Berlin Philharmonie’s Kammermusiksaal
Germany Schumann, Ives, and Brahms: Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Lars Vogt (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Berlin Philharmonie. 02.03.2015 (HR)