Germany Richard Strauss, Schubert, Berliner Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Berliner Philharmonie, 4.6.2014 (SH)
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Handel’s Alcina, Not Baroque Enough
Germany Handel: Alcina, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rainer Mühlbach (conductor), Dresden Semperoper, 5.6.2014 (JMI)
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Sheer Delight from the Škampa Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Borodin and Dvořák: Škampa Quartet [Helena Jiříkovská & Adéla Štajnochrová (violins), Radim Sedmidubský (viola), Lukáš Polák (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 5. 6.2014 (CS)
Hofesh Shechter Company Aesthetic Permeates In Good Company
United Kingdom Various composers, In Good Company, Hofesh Shechter Company, The Place, 06.06.2014 (J.O’D)
Intelligent Choice of Works from Welsh Music Archives
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mathias, Grace Williams, Daniel Jones: .Llŷr Williams (piano), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 7.6.2014 (PCG)
Entertaining, Well-sung Bohème in Dresden
Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists,Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Kinderchor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Riccardo Frizza (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 6.6.2014 (MC)
Choreography and Circus Skills Combine in A Simple Space
United Kingdom A Simple Space: Gravity and Other Myths, Udderbelly Festival, Southbank Centre, London, 4.6.14. (JPr)
Performers: Lachlan Binns, Jascha Boyce, Rhiannon Cave-Walker, Daniel Liddiard, Jacob Randell, Martin Schreiber, Triton Tunis-Mitchell, Elliot Zoerner (also live percussion)
Dreadful Acoustic Mars Fascinating American Themed Recital
Ravel, Gershwin, Antheil, Korngold, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Yura Lee (violin), Wu Han (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Kristin Lee (violin), Richard O’Neill (viola), David Finckel (cello), Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden, Thursday 5.6.2014 (MC)
