Cheltenham Music Festival 2014 – Seen and Heard International

St John’s Smith Square Unveils its 30th Christmas Festival

21/01/202009/11/2015 by Stan

St John’s Smith Square Unveils its 30th Christmas Festival The St John’s Smith Square 30th Christmas Festival has now flourished into a series of 14 concerts running from 11-23 December under the artistic directorship of Stephen Layton. The great British choral tradition continues to inﬂuence the programming, with The Choir of King’s College London returning to … Read more

Having a Ball: Rossini’s La Cenerentola Returns to Gothenburg

07/06/201527/05/2015 by Stan

Sweden Sweden Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and male chorus, dancers, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 14.5.2015 (NS)

Cheltenham Music Festival: Festival Concludes on a High Note with Two Iconic Works

17/07/201414/07/2014 by RJones

Blackford, Holst: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Savitri Singers / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12.7.2014. (RJ)

Cheltenham Music Festival: Marian Motets and Duruflé Requiem Find Sympathetic Acoustic

17/07/201412/07/2014 by RJones

United Kingdom Tallis, Victoria, Palestrina, Parsons, Weir, Kendall, Andrew, Tabakova, Tavener Duruflé: Esther Brazil (mezzo sporano), Nicholas Morton (baritone), Choir of Merton College Oxford, St Cecilia Singers, Oriel Singers, Guy Johnston (cello), Carleton Etherington (organ) / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral, 8.7.2014.

Cheltenham Music Festival: Getting to Know a New Generation of Musicians

17/07/201411/07/2014 by RJones

United Kingdom Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák,Gossek, A Panufnik, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Debussy, Bacevicz: BBC New Generation Artists, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8-10.7.2014 9 (RJ0)

Cheltenham Music Festival: An Eruption of New Music at Cheltenham

09/07/201408/07/2014 by RJones

United Kingdom Andrzej Panufnik, Roxanna Panufnik: Brodsky Quartet, Pittville Pump Room, 5.7.2014 (RJ)

Graham Fitkin, Michael Zev Gordon, Tom Stewart, Piers Hellawell, Arlene Sierra, Gavin Higgins: Fidelio Trio, Pittville Pump Room, 5.7.2014 (RJ)

Cheltenham Music Festival: Compelling New Music Drama Inspired by Japanese Prints

11/07/201407/07/2014 by RJones

United Kingdom Nicola Lefanu, Tokaido Road (world premiere): Soloists, Okeanos / Dominic Wheeler (conductor), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 6.7.2014.

Cheltenham Music Festival 2014: Benedetti & Co Take Spa Town by Storm

09/07/201406/07/2014 by Stan

United Kingdom Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C, Op 56: Benedetti/Elschenbroich/Grynyuk Trio, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 2.7.2014

Brahms, Arlene Sierra, Shostakovich: Benedetti/Elschenbroich /Grynyuk Trio, Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (viola), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 3.7.2014.