New Zealand Hindemith, Mahler, Beethoven: Olivia Francis (violin), Alex McFarlane (viola), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 11.5.2013 (PSer)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Rarely Heard Bantock and Alwyn from London Chamber Strings
United Kingdom Holst, Bantock, Alwyn, Finzi, Ireland, Britten: London Chamber Strings / Bjorn Bantock (conductor), English Music Festival, Silk Hall, Radley College, Oxfordshire, 25.5.2013 (RB)
Another Fine Recital from Piotr Anderszewski
United Kingdom Bach, Janáček, Schumann: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 23.5.2013 (RB)
Marvellous Playing from Nagano and Elite DSO
Germany Britten, Richard Strauss, Brahms: Jan Vogler (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Kent Nagano (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany, 24.5.2013. (MC)
Roth Conducts Early Webern and Nietzschean Strauss
Webern, Mozart, Strauss.Rosemary Joshua (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.5.2013 (PCG)
An Excellent Bicentennial Survey of Lesser-Known Wagner
United Kingdom London Song Festival 2013: The Complete Songs of Richard Wagner, in celebration of his bicentenary, Elisabeth Meister (soprano), Matthew Hargreaves (bass-baritone), Nigel Foster (piano), members of the London Voices, St Paul’s, Covent Garden Piazza, London 23.5.2013. (JPr)
English Music Triumphant in Premiere and Revival at Dorchester on Thames
United Kingdom Parry, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walford Davies: BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, 24.5.2013
Orchestral Showpieces from Søndergård and RSNO
United Kingdom Dvořák, Stravinsky : Truls Mørk (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.05.2013 (SRT)