United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Brahms: Peter Atkinson (narrator), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen. Worcester Cathedral, 12.8.2011 (JQ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Young Swedish Singers in Homage to Jenny Lind and Jussi Björling
Sweden Songs and opera arias : Rebecca Rasmussen (soprano), Swedish Jenny Lind Scholar 2011, Markus Pettersson (tenor), Dmitry Tyapkin (piano), Otto Goldschmidt Scholar 2011 Producer – Britt Marie Aruhn , Missionskyrkan, Borlänge, Sweden, 10.8.2011 (NS)
Mostly Mozart Festival (3) – Mozart’s Unsolemn Solemn Vespers
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (3) Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor), Lucy Crowe (Soprano), Soloists of the Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (Director), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 9.8.2011 (SSM)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (1) – A neglected Schumann oratorio opens the Season
United Kingdom Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus and soloists Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Usher Hall, 12. 8.2011 (SRT)
Llŷr Williams plays epic Beethoven on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (1) – Llŷr Williams (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, 12. 8.2011 (SRT)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (7) – Young Scottish Musicians propel Worcester into the 21st Century.
United Kingdom Ravel, Mahler, James MacMillan: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Christoph-Mathias Mueller (conductor), Jane Irwin (soprano), Worcester Cathedral, 11.8.2011 (RJ)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (10) – Shakespeare Songs, Scarlatti and Appalachian Spring
United States Aspen Music Festival (10): Shakespeare songs, pianist Inon Barnatan plays Scarlatti, David Robertson conducts Appalachian Spring. 11.8.2011 (HS)
Three Choirs Festival 2011 (5) – Sir Andrew Davis’ fine performance of an Elgar rarity
United Kingdom Elgar, Caractacus, Op. 35 (1898): Judith Howarth (soprano) (Eigen), Ben Johnson (tenor) (Orbin). Peter Savidge (baritone) (Caractacus), Stephen Roberts (baritone) (Arch-Druid & Bard), Brindley Sherratt (bass) (Claudius), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Worcester Cathedral. 10.8.2011 (JQ)