United Kingdom Paul Potts In Concert: Paul Potts with special guests Laura Wright and Elektra; musicians, Chris Taylor (piano/music director) and Robert Willis (conductor). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex. 23.10.2014. (JPr)
Paul Potts In Concert:
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Jette Parker Young Artists on the First Rung of a (Silken) Career Ladder
United Kingdom Rossini’s La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder): Jette Parker Young Artists, Meet The Young Artists Week, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 24.10.2014 (JPr)
Linbury Studio Theatre Photo (c) Mark Douet
Figaro Revival Mitigates Worst Excesses of Shaw’s Original Production
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Jaime Martin (conductor). Coliseum, London, 25.20.2014 (MB)
Krzysztof Urbański Impresses with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Smetana, Chopin, Dvořák. Jan Lisiecki (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Krzysztof Urbański (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London 23.10.2014 (RB)
A Mainstream Programme from Saraste and the LPO but a Fascinating Evening Nonetheless
United Kingdom Wagner, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Maria João Pires (piano), Augustin Dumay (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.10.2014 (CC)
Fascinating Experiments from the Danish Quartet
Canada Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Beethoven: Danish Quartet (Frederick Oland and Rune Tonsgaard Sorenson, violins; Asbjorn Norgaard, viola; Frederik Schoyen Sjolin, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC. 19.10.2014. (GN)
“New-ish” Juilliard Quartet Lives up to Its Tradition
United States Berg and Schubert: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Juilliard Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 24.10.2014 (BJ)
Søndergård’s Metamorphosen Reduces Audience to Silence
United Kingdom Strauss, Beethoven, Bartók: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.10.2014 (SRT)