United Kingdom Purcell, Schumann, Timothy Andres: Elias String Quartet, Jonathan Biss (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 14.5.2013 (RB)
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Concert Series Celebrates a Great Austrian Composer
Australia Mozart: Sara Macliver (soprano), Fiona Campbell (mezzo soprano), Richard Butler, (tenor), Ashley Giles (bass baritone), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir / Paul Dyer (director, fortepiano), City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, 8.5.2013. (ZT)
French Harpist Welcomes Spring to Wales
United Kingdom Britten, Fauré, Pécou, Scarlatti, Rossini-Bochsa: Maureen Thiébaut (harp), Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30.4.2013. (GPu)
A Milestone for Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop
A Milestone for Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop
A Concert of World Premieres: Seattle Symphony members and friends, Samuel Jones (director, conductor, and host), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 30.4.2013 (BJ)
Italian Polychoral Splendour in the Cotswolds
United Kingdom Viadana, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Palestrina: Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Nicholas Hurndall Smith and Matthew Long (tenors), Charles Gibbs (bass), I Fagiolini, The English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth (director), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 12.5.2013. (RJ)
Denis Kozhukhin Impresses in Prokofiev’s ‘War Sonatas’
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 12.5.2013 (CC)
European Integration at Its Best: ‘French’ Music in Spain
Spain Fauré, Chopin, Franck: Alba Ventura (piano), Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y Leon / Salvador Mas (conductor), Auditorio Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain. 11.4.2013 (GPu)
John O’Conor Covers a Lot of Ground from Haydn to Scriabin in Istanbul
Turkey Haydn, Wagner – Liszt, Beethoven, Schubert: John O’Conor (piano), Istanbul Recitals at ‘the Seed’, Istanbul 10.05.13 (AM)