United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey: Samuel West (speaker), CBSO Chorus, London Voices, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor), Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.10.2012 (CG)
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Chaconne: Gotham Early Music Scene Does the Devil’s Dance
United States The Art and Ecstasy of the Chaconne: The Sinfonia Players, Christine Gummere (artistic director), Society for Ethical Culture, New York, 4.10.2012 (SSM)
Russian Musicians Mark 70th Anniversary of Leningrad Symphony
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Freddy Kempf (Piano), St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 7.10.2012 (SRT)
Youth and Dance Prominent at Cardiff Music Festival
United Kingdom Schubert, Mozart: Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Jeff Howard (piano), Cardiff Sinfonietta, Jonathan Mann (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 5.10.2012 (GPu)
Contemporary Concert Launches New Welsh Musical Partnership
United Kingdom Watkins, Boden, Macrae, Sciarrino, Turnage: Miranda Fulleylove (violin), Yuko Inoue (viola), Daisy Vatalaro (cello), Jo Shaw (flute), Scott Lygate (clarinet), Huw Watkins (piano, celeste), Julian Warburton (percussion) / Michael Rafferty (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 4.10.2012 (GPu)
Petrenko, Bavouzet Deliver Scintillating Bartók, Respighi
United States Pärt, Bartók, Respighi: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 5.10.2012 (HS)
Jokes Wear Thin in WNO’S Così Fan Tutte in Deckchairs
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte (Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Mark Wrigglesworth (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 3.10.2012 (GPu)
Shadows of Theresienstadt Pervade Viktor Ullmann Opera
United Kingdom Christ lag in Todesbanden, Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Soloists, Aurora Orchestra / Peter Selwyn (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 5.10.2012 (MB)