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)
Concert Reviews
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A Bleak Performance from Bostridge
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
Messiaen Work Creates Meditative Web of Sound
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)
A Triumph for Il Trionfo del Tempo
Canada Handel, Il Trinfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Krisztina Szabó (soprano), Reginald L. Mobley (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 7.8.2014 (GN)
Intimate Musicmaking from Benedetti and Friends
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (4) – Brahms, Shostakovich: Nicola Benedetti and Friends, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 11.8.2014 (SRT)
“Midsummer” Triumph for Kahane as Conductor
United States Stravinsky, Haydn, Mendelssohn: Peter Otto (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane (conductor) Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 08.10.2014 (MSJ)
Proms Saturday Matinee No. 2:The Lapland Chamber Orchestra’s Proms Debut
United Kingdom Proms Saturday Matinee no.2 – C.P.E. Bach, Birtwistle, Honegger, Davies, and Sibelius: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 9.8.2014 (MB)
PROM 28: An Excellent Oedipus Rex Caps Sakari Oramo’s Latest Prom
United Kingdom Prom 28:Beethoven, Brett Dean, Stavinsky: Francesco D’Orazio (electric violin), Soloists, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Stephen Jackson), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2014 (MB)