Canada Janacek, Glazunov, Bartok, Kodaly and Enesco: Viviane Hagner, violin; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis, conductor, Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, 8.3.2014 (GN)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Manze and the Hallé Provide an Antidote to Jaded Musical Appetites
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius: Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Hallé/Andrew Manze (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.3.2014 (MC)
The Artemis Quartet Offers Cerebral Coherence and Intellectual Precision – and Fine Playing
. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.3.2014. (CS)
A Marvellous Evening of Russian Song with Dmitri Hvorostovsky
United Kingdom Glinka, Darghomyzhsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Sviridov: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone); Ivari Ilja, (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 10.3.2014 (CC)
An Impressive Birmingham Debut by Mikhail Tatarnikov
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Dohnányi, Rachmaninov, Peter Donohoe (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 12.3.2014 (JQ)
Creditable Mahler, Expessive Strauss, Unaffected Elgar from RLPO
United Kingdom Mahler, Richard Strauss, Elgar: Timothy Jackson (horn), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 9.3. 2014 (MC)
Fitting Celebration for C. P. E . Bach on His 300th Anniversary
United States C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Mozart, Telemann: Scholar and Lunatic or the Roots of Romanticism, The Four Nations Ensemble, Salon/Sanctuary Concert Series, Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium, New York, 8.3.2014 (SSM)
Stunning Brilliance from Jordi Savall and his Ensemble
United States Folias Antiguas & Criollas: Jordi Savall (director and viols), Hespèrion XXI, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo, Town Hall, Seattle, 28.2.2014 (BJ)