Puccini Madama Butterfly. Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Swedish Opera, Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm 8.11.2014. Premiere (GF)
Triumphant Butterfly in Stockholm
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Two Concerts with a Spotlight on the “King of Instruments”
United States Mahler: Angela Meade (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 2.11.2014 (BJ)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Buxtehude, Paulus, and Elgar: Ken Cowan (organ), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.11.2014 (BJ)
Carlo Rizzi and RWCMD give a Moving Performance of Britten’s War Requiem
United KingdomBenjamin Britten, War Requiem: Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), RWCMD Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Children’s Choir, College Chorus / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Cardiff, St. David’s Hall, 09.11.2014 (LJ).
Gergiev and Mariinsky Orchestra: Winding Down Tour But Still Up for Prokofiev
AustriaProkofiev: Valery Gergiev (conductor), Behzod Abduraimov (soloist), Alexei Volodin (soloist), Sergei Babayan (soloist), Mariinsky Orchestra. Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 28.10.2014 (SS)
White Christmas: Far From ‘Perfect’ but Nonetheless Polished, Kind-hearted Family Entertainment.
United Kingdom Irving Berlin’s White Christmas – a musical version based on the 1954 film (Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin and Book by David Ives and Paul Blake): White Christmas Company, Andrew Corcoran (music director). Dominion Theatre, London, 12.11.2014. (JPr)
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Storgårds Impresses in His Elgar, Nielsen and Walton Interpretrations
United Kingdom Elgar, Nielsen & Walton: Alina Pogostkina (violin), David Soar (baritone), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester,, 8.11.2014 (MC)
(c) Heikki Tuuli
Sheffield’s Restored Cathedral Provides Ideal Setting for Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Soloists, Sheffield Cathedral Choir, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Alan Eost (conductor), Sheffield Cathedral, 8.11.2014 (JRK)
Ferocity and Imagination in Kohn’s Revelatory New String Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven, Kohn, Shostakovich: Northern String Quartet; [Nikolas Gjylaci and Joy Becker (violins), Laurie Dempsey (viola), Joshua Lynch (cello), St Andrew’s, Sheffield, 9.11.2014. (JRK).