United Kingdom Mahler, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, and Korngold:Annette Dasch (soprano), Helmut Deutsch (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.7.2013 (MB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Shostakovich Meets A Companionable Tree Frog
United States R. Strauss, Shostakovich: Luba Orgonášová (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 5.7.2013 (MSJ)
Welsh Musicians Première New Works at Cheltenham
United Kingdom Roxanna Panufnik, David Matthews, Wagner, Beethoven: Anthony Marwood (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7.7.2013. (RJ)
Mahler’s Birthday Celebrated in London
United Kingdom Pearson, Beethoven and Mahler: Mine Doğantan Dack (piano), I Maestri Orchestra, George Hlawiczka and Sybille Werner (conductors). St John’s Smith Square, London, 7.7.2013. (JPr)
Opera Comique Double Bill at Buxton
United Kingdom Saint-Saëns, Gounod, Double Bill: Buxton Festival Opera , Northern Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 5.7. 2013. (RJF)
Back to the Nursery with Christianne Stotijn
United Kingdom Schubert, Britten, Mussorgsky: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2013. (RJ)
Contrasting Works by Two Composer Brothers
United Kingdom Schumann, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Fauré: The Schubert Ensemble [William Howard (piano), Simon Blendis (violin), Jane Salmon (cello), Douglas Paterson (viola)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013 (RJ)
Atmospheric Sawer Première at Cheltenham Music Festival
United Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)