United Kingdom Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.10.2013 (MC)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Csanyi-Wills Premieres Prove Enjoyable and Accessible
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Csanyi-Wills, Vaughan Williams, Copland: Lucy Simmonds (cello), Robin Stowell (violin), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager (conductor), Dora Stoutker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 9.11.2013 (PCG)
Duos Bring Dowland’s Music to Life in Brighton
Dowland: The Image of Melancholy, Brighton Early Music Festival, St George’sChurch, Brighton, 8.11.2013 (RB)
Barbican Celebrates Britten in Music and Dance
United Kingdom Britten, Barbican Britten: Phaedra: Richard Alston Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia / Pekka Kuusisto (director), Barbican, London, 9.11.2013 (J’OD)
Messiah Just As Handel Would Have Wished It
United Kingdom Handel: Messiah: Elizabeth Drury and Louise Prickett (sopranos), James Armitage and Jeremy Kenyon (altos), Peter Wilman and Alexei Winter (tenors), Julian Rippon and Paul Sheehan (basses), Devon Baroque / Jonathan Watts (director), Persephone Gibbs (leader); The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth. UK 9.11. 2013 (PRB)
Category Five Winds Blow in Whangarei
New Zealand Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Roelofsen, Rameau, Bach, Gershwin, Byrd, Debussy: Category Five [Peter Dykes (oboe), Moira Hurst (clarinet), Simon Brew (saxophone), Mark Cookson (bass clarinet), Oscar Lavën (bassoon)], The Old Library, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 27.10.2013 [Pse]
Gubaidulina and Pärt Combined in a Magnificently Thought-Provoking Evening
United Kingdom Gubaidulina, Pärt: Sergej Krylov (violin); London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Tönu Kaljuste (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 6.11.2013 (CC)
Thunder and Agitation: Music Not Quite Ready to Be Sturm und Drang.
Zelenka, Benda, Pisendel, C. P. E. Bach: Dresden and Berlin: A Celebration of Two Courts, 12th Annual Jerome L. Greene Concert, Juilliard415, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.11.2013 (SSM)