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)
Concert Reviews
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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
Convincing Performance of Honegger’s Symphonie liturgique
United Kingdom Honegger, Rachmaninov, Fauré: Yevgeny Sudbin* (piano), Elin Manahan Thomas** (soprano), Roderick Williams** (baritone), BBC National Chorus** and Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.1.2014 (PCG)
The Elaborate Vision of Wayne McGregor in “FAR”
United States Wayne McGregor in collaboration with the dancers, “FAR,” Wayne McGregor Random Dance, Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles, 24.01.2014-25.01.2014 (JRo)
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Photo by Ravi Deepres
Clarity and Resilience in Joshua Bell’s Beethoven
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (violin/director), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 19.1.2014 (MC)
Fine Mendelssohn and Schumann from Pires, Gardiner and the LSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Schumann: Maria João Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Barbican, London, 21.1.2014 (RB)
Piper Alpha Disaster Recalled in Macmillan’s Powerful Tuireadh
United Kingdom Sibelius, Volans, MacMillan, Kodály: Maximiliano Martín (clarinet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Garry Walker (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.01.2013 (SRT)
Beethoven as an Undemanding Epilogue After Modern French Works
United Kingdom Grisey, Dufourt, Boulez, Beethoven: Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Barbican, London, 22.1.2014 (GDn)