United Kingdom Bach, Roth: Grace Davidson & Amy Wood (sopranos), Matthew Venner (alto), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Greg Skidmore (bass),Ex CathedraChoir & Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore. Birmingham Town Hall, 12. 10, 2012 (JQ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Passion and Commitment in BBC Phil’s Mahler Five Performance
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 12.10.2012. (MC)
Do you Believe in Bruckner? Ninth Opens Santa Cecilia Season
Italy Brucker, Ninth Symphony: Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus Master, Ciro Visco, Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Bruckner, Symphony no 9 in D minor. Verdi, Four Sacred Pieces. Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 13.10.2012 (JB)
Thomas Søndergård Debuts as BBC NOW’s Principal Conductor
United Kingdom Lindberg, Grieg, Strauss, Sibelius: Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.10.2012 (GPu).
Blackburn Remembers Ireland’s Idealistic Vision from the 1930s
United Kingdom Elgar Walton Vaughan Williams: Mark Rowlinson (baritone) The Appeal Choir of Blackburn Cathedral, The Choir of Stonyhurst College, Northern Chamber Orchestra/Samuel Hudson. Blackburn Cathedral, 13.10.2012 (RB)
For Schiff, Higher Marks as Pianist Than Conductor
United States Mendelssohn, Bach: András Schiff (piano, conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.10.2012 (HS)
Committed Playing from Young Musicians on Rain-Drenched Exmoor
United Kingdom Dvorák, Beethoven: The Two Moors Festival Ensemble [Chihiro Ono (violin), Arnaud Ghillebaert (viola), Ben Birtle (cello), David Stark (double bass), Max Welford (clarinet), Sinead Frost (bassoon), Francesca Moore-Bridger (horn)], St George’s Church, Dunster, Somerset, 12.10.2012 (AB)
“Who needs orchestras?”: Rachel Podger dazzles and delights
United Kingdom Bach, Biber, Telemann: Rachel Podger (violin), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 11.10.2012 (GPu)