United States Aspen Music Festival (13): Soloists, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor), Harry Bicket (conductor), James Feddeck (conductor). Benedict Music Tent, Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. 8-10.8.2014 (HS)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
PROM 36: Oramo Excels in Vaughan Williams and Alwyn
United Kingdom Prom 36 Vaughan Williams, Alwyn: Janine Jansen (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2014 (RB)
Profoundly Spiritual Performance by Collegium Vocale Gent
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (8) – Lassus, Lagrime di San Pietro: Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 12.8.2014 (SRT)
PROM 35: Finnish Classics Meet Mediterranean Walton
United Kingdom Prom35: Maxwell Davies, Walton, Sibelius: James Ehnes (violin), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2014 (RB)
PROM 34: Thomas Søndergård Brings Nielsen’s Fifth to the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 34: R. Strauss, Mozart, Nielsen, Francesco Pietmontesi (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hal, London, 11.8.2014. (RB)
Barenboim In A Homeland Tristan und Isolde
Argentina Wagner, Extracts from Tristan und Isolde: Soloists,Chorus of Teatro Colón, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor:Daniel Barenboim, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 6 .8.2014. (JSJ)
Mostly Mozart (5): Noseda Conducts a Fiercely Individual Beethoven’s 9th
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)
Photo credit: Noseda© Chris.Christodoulou
PROM 31:Helen Grime Provides the Highlight in the Hallê’s Prom
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)