Ruders, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 28.1.2014 (PCG)
Concert Reviews
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An Unusually Adventurous Vocalizing Quartet
United States Lembit Beecher, Chinary Ung, Ken Ueno, Mason Bates: Del Sol String Quartet, Roulette, Brooklyn. 15.1.2014 (DS)
Lehninger and Bavouzet in Impressive Seattle Symphony Debuts
United States Prokofiev, Haydn, and Mozart: Marcelo Lehninger (conductor), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 23.1.2014 (BJ)
‘Sorrow was there made fair’: An All Dowland Programme.
United Kingdom Dowland: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Fretwork (Liam Byrne, Asako Morikawa, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunnicliffe, Richard Boothby, viols), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 23.01.14. (GPr)
Hélène Grimaud Excels in Brahms After a Reminder of the Much-Missed Jonathan Harvey
United KingdomBrahms, Harvey Hélène Grimaud (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.1.2014 (CC)
Mena Takes Two Orchestras on a Stunning Alpine Journey
United Kingdom Richard Strauss: Roderick Williams (baritone), William Dazeley (baritone), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Hallé/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 23.1.2014 (MC)
Not as Simple as 1-2-3: Trios Performed by Juilliard Baroque
Handel, C. P. E. Bach, Telemann, Zelenka, J. S. Bach: Juilliard Baroque, Gonzalo X. Ruiz (oboe), Robert Mealy (violin), Dominic Teresi (bassoon), Jeffrey Grossman (harpsichord), Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York, 23.1.2014 (SSM)
Hartmann Concerto Marks Central Event in 20th Century History
United Kingdom J S Bach, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin). London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.1.2014