United Kingdom Wagner, Mozart, Strauss:Zhang Zuo (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 17.6.2014 (PCG)
Stan
CBSO on Top Form in Strauss’ Symphonia Domestica
United Kingdom Beethoven, Richard Strauss: Paul Lewis (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchrestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19.6.2014 (RD)
Teatro Colón Premieres Strasnoy’s Réquiem
Argentina Strasnoy, Réquiem: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor:Christian Baldini, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 13.6.2014. (JSJ)
Morpurgo’s Warhorse Takes to the Stage
United Kingdom Michael Morpurgo: Warhorse (adapted by Nick Strafford): National Theatre production on tour in association with Handspring Puppet Company, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 18.6.2014. (PCG)
Informed Bach Performances by Collegium Vocale Gent
Dresden Music Festival
Germany Johann Sebastian Bach & Johann Michael Bach: Dorothee Mields (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Barockorchester des Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe (director), Frauenkirche, Dresden, 10.6.2014 (MC)
Rameau Among the Stars
United States Rameau, Pygmalion: On Site Opera, New Vintage Baroque Orchestra, Jennifer Peterson (conductor), Madame Tussauds New York, 17.6.2014 (SSM)
A Swiss Export Other Than Chocolate
United States “Zurich Meets New York”: Collegium Novum Zurich, David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, New York City. 16.5.2014 (DS)
Too Much Sangfroid, Too Little Passion in Pearl Fishers
United Kingdom Bizet, The Pearl Fishers: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Jean-Luc Tingaud (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 18.6.2014. (JPr)
