United States Rossini and Puccini: Lio Kuokman (conductor), Curtis Opera Theatre Soloists and Orchestra, Stephanie Havey (director), Brandon McNeel (sets), Amy Sutton (costumes), Christopher J. Frey (lighting), Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, 21.11.2014 (BJ)
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Tribute to Leslie Head, Founder of the Kensington Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom In Memory of Leslie Head – Walton, Vaughan Williams, Montague and Sibelius: Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Kensington Symphony Orchestra / Russell Keable (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 25.11.2014. (JPr)
Haydn Done Right to End the Evening
United States Britten, Stamitz, and Haydn: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Ayane Kozasa (viola), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.11.2014 (BJ)
Russian Baritone Hvorostovsky Attracts Newcomers to the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler and Strauss: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) and Ivari Ilja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 23.11.2014. (JPr)
Mariotti Produces Nicely Integrated Sound in Met’s Il Barbiere
United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Michele Mariotti (conductor), Transmitted live to Duke of York Cinema, Brighton 22.11.14 (RB)
Innovative Programming Focuses on Four Striking Works from 1945
United Kingdom Spirit of 1945 – Britten, Copland, Strauss, Shostakovich: Francois Leleux (oboe), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19.11.14 (CST)
Stage Version of Adams’ Gospel Oratorio Laudable but Disconcerting
United Kingdom Adams, The Gospel According to the Other Mary: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera /Joana Carniero (conductor), London Coliseum, 21.11.2014 (CC)
Tackling a Supreme Pianistic Challenge
United States Beethoven: Beth Levin (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 19.11.2014 (BJ)