Friendship Matinee: RPO’s The Very Best of John Barry: Alison Jiear and Lance Ellington (guest vocalists), Tommy Pearson (presenter), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2013. (JPr)
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WNO Leave the Best Till Last in Their Donizetti Trilogy
United Kingdom Donizetti, Roberto Devereux (Production Première) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Operas, Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2.10.2013 (GPu)
Wonderfully Versatile Dance Trilogy from Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom E=mc2/Tombeaux/Still Life at the Penguin Café: A triple bill of ballets danced by dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, all choreographed by David Bintley, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 3.10.2013. (GR)
An Important MacMillan Première Opens the RSNO Season
United Kingdom Britten, MacMillan, Holst: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Ladies of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.10.2013 (SRT)
Wartime Scores by Britten and Shostakovich in Spectacular Hallé Season Opener
United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich: Hallé, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Samuel West (reciter), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3. 10. 2013 (MC)
Season-Opener in Cardiff Celebrates Thirty Years of BBC National Chorus of Wales
United Kingdom Poulenc, Shostakovich. Marita Sølberg (soprano), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.10.2013 (PCG)
Beethoven’s Ninth: Morning, Noon and Evening
United States Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: An App for the iPad, published by Touch Press
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Copyist’s Manuscripts from The Royal Philharmonic Society and JuilliardSchool’s Manuscript Collection.
Beethoven: Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Kelley O’Conner (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Shenyang (bass), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Allen Gilbert (conductor), Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle (director), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, (3.10.2013) (SSM)
Photo: Chris Lee
Stylish Berlioz Opens Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations
United States Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict – Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.10.2013 (SRT)