United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (5): Handel, Vivaldi, MacMillan, Purcell, Albinoni: Alison Balsom (trumpet), The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton (artistic director and leader). St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk, Musselburgh (Scotland). 23.09.2011 (LV)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Musikfest Berlin 2011: Rattle does Mahler’s 8th more from the heart than the head
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2011 – Lotti, Tallis and Mahler: Soloists, choirs and Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.9.2011. (MC)
More ‘Music for People’ at the Purcell Room
United Kingdom Endymion, EXAUDI: James Weeks (conductor), Purcell Room, London, 21.09.2011 (CG)
New York Philharmonic Opening Night:Varied Program but Missing That One Frisson
United States New York Philharmonic Opening Night: Deborah Voigt (soprano), Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 21.9.2011 (BH)
Ever-youthful Sylvie Guillem dances with fluency and emotional awareness
United Kingdom Sylvie Guillem, 6000 miles away: Sylvie Guillem and dancers in choreography by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián and Mats Ek. Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.9.11. (JPr)
Lammermuir Festival (3): Jennifer Koh Brings the House Down
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (3): Bach, Ysaÿe, Saariaho, Carter, Salonen: Jennifer Koh (violin). The Great Hall, Lennoxlove House, Haddington (Scotland). 20.9.2011 (LV)
Lammermuir Festival (2): Stile Antico Perform Early Music both Radiant and Sober
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (2): Victoria, Morales, Janequin, Palestrina, Guerrero: Stile Antico (Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, Clare Dawson, Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jone, Jim Clements, Matthew Howard, Benedict Hymas, James Arthur, Nicholas Ashby, Will Dawes). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington (Scotland). 19.09.2011 (LV)
Musikfest Berlin 2011:Gesualdo Consort gives polished performance of Renaissance madrigals in a former pumping station
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2011 – Vesuvian Music – Gesualdo and his Italian Renaissance contemporaries: Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam [Stephanie Petitlaurent (soprano); Nele Gramß (soprano); Marnix De Cat (countertenor); Julian Podger (tenor); Harry van Berne (tenor); Harry van der Kamp (bass and director)], Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord). Radialsystem V, Friedrichshain, Berlin, 14th September 2011