United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Cecilia McDowell: Robert Murray (tenor) Katherine Watson (soprano) Hugh Bonneville (narrator), City of London Sinfonia & Ladies of the Holst Singers Stephen Layton (conductor) , Symphony Hall, Birmingham 3.2.2012 (CT)
Concert Reviews
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Juri Gilbo’s RCP St. Petersburg & Andrei Gavrilov Electrify in Istanbul
Turkey Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven: Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg, Juri Gilbo (conductor), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Istanbul 8.2.12 (AM)
Overwhelming by Underwhelming: Kissin meets Grieg in Rome
Italy Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky: Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, James Judd (conductor), Evgene Kissin (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 6.2.2012 (JB)
A Cheltenham Commemoration of Scott of the Antarctic
United Kingdom Conquering the Antarctic: Hugh Bonneville (narrator), Robert Murray (tenor), Katherine Watson (soprano), Bath Camerata & Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir (female voices), City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor). Cheltenham Town Hall 8.2.2012 (JQ)
Nézet-Séguin’s Unconvincing Substitute Finale to Bruckner’s Ninth
United Kingdom Bruckner: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choirs/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.2.2012. (GD)
Super Bowl Sunday with Dudamel’s Mahler Ninth
United States Mahler: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 5.2.2012 (LV)
Thrilling Virtuosity from Marc-André Hamelin
United Kingdom Haydn, Stockhausen, Villa-Lobos, Liszt: Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 6.2.2012 (RB)
Jiří Bĕlohlávek Takes Leave of BBC Orchestra with Dvořák Opera
United Kingdom Dvořák Jakobín: (sung in Czech, with English surtitles). Soloists, BBC Singers, Trinity Boys’ Choir & Old Palace Chamber Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiří Bĕlohlávek (concuctor), Barbican Hall, London, 4.2.2012. (CC)