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United States Mostly Mozart (5) Beethoven: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Erika Grimaldi (soprano), Anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass),Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), 12.8.2014 (SSM)
United Kingdom Prom 31: Berlioz, Elgar, Grime, and Beethoven:Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Hallé, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2014 (MB)
Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (7) – Mahler, Weill, Britten: IanBostridge & Julius Drake, Queen’s Hall, 12.8.2014 (SRT) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Weill: Four Walt Whitman Songs Britten: Who are these Children? Ian Bostridge cut a remorselessly bleak figure on the platform today. That’s appropriate enough, given some … Read more
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (6) – Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Antje Weithaas (violin), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 11.8.2014 (SRT)
Sweden Bellini Norma. Soloists, Chorus, Anders-Per Jonsson (chorus master), Jacob Piamorex Moscovicz (piano). Dala-FlodaChurch, Dalecarlia. 10.8.2014 (GF)
United Kingdom Glyndebourne Festival 2014 – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Filmed ‘live’ at the Glyndebourne Theatre and seen at the Barbican Cinema, London, 10.8.2014. (JPr)
Variety and Distinction in Vancouver’s 2014-2015 Concert Season
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 (3) – Classical Accordion at the Fringe: Paul Chamberlain, Over-Seas House, 9.8.2014 (SRT)