United Kingdom Mahler, Liszt, R. Strauss, Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)., Wigmore Hall, London, 13.3.2014 (CC)
Concert Reviews
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The Zehetmair Quartet: Memorable Music-Making – from Memory
United Kingdom Janáček, Schubert, Debussy: Zehetmair Quartet [Thomas Zahetmair & Kuba Jakovicz (violins), Ruth Killius (viola), Christian Elliott (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 14.3.2014 (CS)
Humour and Pathos in James Bowman Recital
Dowland, Farrant, Gibbons, Purcell, Handel, Britten, Howells, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Praetorius, Maxwell Davis: English Song from Dowland to Britten: James Bowman (counter-tenor), Andrew Plant (piano), Christ Church, Cheltenham, 15.3.2014. “Counter tenors are an invention of the twentieth century,” James Bowman informed his audience at this recital presented by the Holst Birthplace Museum. He also … Read more
Skrowaczewski’s Experienced Mastery in Bruckner
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Bruckner: Benjamin Beilman (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.3.2014 (GDn)
Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Pay a Memorable Visit to Birmingham
United Kingdom Ives, Adams, Berlioz: St. Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 14.3.2014 (JQ)
Søndergård Keeps Messiaen’s Sprawling Turangalîla under Control
United Kingdom Messiaen, Turangalîla Symphony: Markus Bellheim (Piano), Jacques Tchamkerten (Ondes Martenot), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.3.2013 (SRT)
Denise Van Outen Returns to her Roots
United Kingdom Some Girl I Used To Know: A new musical play by Terry Ronald and Denise Van Outen, Palace Theatre, Westcliff, Essex. 13.3.2014. (JPr)
Some Girl I Used To Know: A new musical play by Terry Ronald and Denise Van Outen,
Photo Pamela Raith
Slavic Dances With Youthful Ardour
Canada Janacek, Glazunov, Bartok, Kodaly and Enesco: Viviane Hagner, violin; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis, conductor, Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, 8.3.2014 (GN)