United States Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of Aspen Opera Theater Center, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 11.7.2013 (HS)
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More New Music at Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom Marton Illés, Rajzok IV for string quintet: Signum Quartet [Kerstin Dill (violin), Annette Walther (violin), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Thomas Schmitz (cello)], Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013. (RJ)
Charlie Barber, Michelangelo – Drawing Blood: Sound Affairs, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013 (RJ)
Michael Zev Gordon, The Gleam of Hidden Skies, Toby Spence (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 14.7.2013 (RJ)
PROM 5: Bambergers Excel in Lachenmann and Mahler at The Proms
United Kingdom Prom 5: Lachenmann and Mahler:Arditti Quartet, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.7.2013 (MB)
PROM 3: Doctor Who Travels Through Time to The Proms
United Kingdom Prom 3, Doctor Who Prom: Music by Gold, Bizet, Bach, Copland, Debussy et al. Various artists and presenters, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Foster (conductor and orchestrator). Royal Albert Hall, London 15.7.2013 (JPr)
Doctor Who Prom 2013 Copyright: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Virtuoso Display by Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Pärt, Tavener, Parsons, Tallis, Bach, Poulenc, Ešenvalds, Bannister, Howells, Britten: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Cheltenham College Chapel, 14.7.2013 (JQ)
Argerich Lives Up to Her Reputation
United Kingdom Bartók, Beethoven, Pärt: Martha Argerich (piano), David Kadouch (piano), Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy – Manchester International Festival, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester – Friday 12th July 2013 (MC)
Heatwave Fails to Deter Musicians at Dante’s Festival
United Kingdom Brahms, Schubert: Dante Quartet [Krysia Osostowicz & Giles Francis (violins), Rachel Roberts (viola) & Richard Jenkinson (cello)] Angela Garcia (viola), Dante Festival Orchestra, St Paul’s Church, Yelverton, 11.7.2013 (PRB)
Latvian Pianist Gives Impressive Mozart Performance
United Kingdom Mozart, Will McNicol,: Arta Arnicane (piano), Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University, Plymouth 12.7. 2013 (PRB)