United Kingdom Schubert, Britten, Mussorgsky: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2013. (RJ)
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Sarah Gabriel Pours Out Her Heart over the Phone
United Kingdom Poulenc, La Voix Humaine: Sarah Gabriel (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano). Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013.
Youthful Energy and Technical Brilliance from Boston Ballet
United Kingdom Boston Ballet 50th Anniversary Season: Dancers of the Boston Ballet, Coliseum, London, 05.07.2013 (MMB)
Contrasting Works by Two Composer Brothers
United Kingdom Schumann, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Fauré: The Schubert Ensemble [William Howard (piano), Simon Blendis (violin), Jane Salmon (cello), Douglas Paterson (viola)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013 (RJ)
Atmospheric Sawer Première at Cheltenham Music Festival
United Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)
The Treaty of Utrecht Commemorated in London
United Kingdom Handel and Adrian Thomas: Soloists, Choristers of Utrecht Cathedral Chior School, Toonkunstkoor Utrecht, Canon Michael Hampel (narrator), English Chamber Orchestra, Jos Vermunt (conductor). St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 4.6.2013 (MB)
Suffragette Opera Receives its World Premiere
United Kingdom Tim Benjamin, Emily:Singers and Orchestra conducted by Antony Brannick, Hippodrome Theatre, Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. 4.07.2013. (RB)
Boston Ballet on Top Form in Rare London Appearance
United Kingdom Boston Ballet 50th Anniversary Season: Dancers of the Boston Ballet and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jonathan McPhee (conductor), Coliseum, London, 3.7.2013. (JPr)