United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Aleko (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: William Cole), Melos Sinfonia, / Oliver Zeffman (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 7.7.2014 (MB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Shaham and Bell in One Weekend—A Violin Double Treat
United States Aspen Music Festival (2): Gil Shaham and Joshua Bell (violins), James Feddeck (organ), Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Robert Spano and Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductors), Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 5-6.7.2014 (HS)
First Half of Demidenko Recital Proves Puzzling
United Kingdom Chopin, Rachmaninov, and Medtner: Nikolai Demidenko (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 5.7.2014 (MB)
Evocative Shostakovich, A Sonata by Stephen Hough, and the Triumphant Takács Quartet
United States Aspen Music Festival (1): Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (piano), Stephen Hough (piano), Takács Quartet. Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. 1-3.7.2014 (HS)
Four Fistfuls of a Lunchtime Concert at Cardiff
United Kingdom Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Rachmaninov: David Doidge (piano) and Seho Lee (piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff , 4.7.2014 (LJ).
A Superior Schubertiade – Fit for a Prince
United Kingdom Schubert: The Prince Consort [Anna Leese (soprano) Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)] / Alisdair Hogarth (artistic director/piano), Wigmore Hall 04.07.14 (RB)
CBSO Season Ends Magnificently with Janáček and Bartók
United Kingdom Janáček and Bartók: Michelle DeYoung (soprano), Gábor Bretz (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner, (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 2.7.2014.
International collaboration in dramatic Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Anita Watson (soprano), Monica-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor) and Michel De Souza (baritone), Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus, Brighton Festival Chorus, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne & Orchestra de Picardie / Arie van Beek (conductor), The Backstage Centre, Purfleet, Essex 4.7.2014. (JPr)