United Kingdom Richard Strauss: Soile Isokoski (soprano), Steven Isserlis (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 18.1.2014 (MC)
Excellent Start to Manchester’s Strauss’s Voice Series
Concert Reviews
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Emma Kirkby Reveals the Poetry of Song in a Fine Recital
United Kingdom Haydn, Schubert: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Howard Williams (fortepiano), Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 19.01.14.(GP)
Brahms and Liszt Lieder from Kirschlager and Thibaudet
United Kingdom Brahms, Liszt: Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2014 (CC)
Hoddinott Hall Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary with a Mixed Programme
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mozart, Holt, Parry, Bernstein: Rosemary Joshua* (soprano), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus+ of Wales/Grant Llewellyn (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.1.2014 (PCG)
Spirited and Invigorating Playing by Federico Colli
United Kingdom Hindemith, Beethoven, Brahms: Federico Colli (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 17.1.2014 (MC)
Musical UFO Spotted in Geneva
Switzerland Stravinsky, Mozart, Purcell and Ellington: Geneva Camerata, Yaron Herman (Jazz Piano), David Greilsammer (Piano and Conductor), Batiment des Forces Motrices, 16.01.2014
Safe Beethoven but Exciting Brahms from Joshua Bell
United Kingdom Bach, Beethoven, Brahms: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell (director/solo violin), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.01.2014 (SRT)
Feeling His Way
Italy Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt. Vitaly Pisarenko (piano) The Keyboard Charitable Trust at the Teatro Ghione, Rome. 19.01.2014 (JB)