United Kingdom Mozart Choral Music: Laurence Kilsby (treble), Julie Cooper (soprano), Jeremy Kenyon (alto), Christopher Watson (tenor), Christopher Borrett (bass), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School, Charivari Agréable, Benjamin Nicholas. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.10.2011 (JQ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Not Quite Smiles All Round: Beethoven, Barber and Haydn in Zurich
Switzerland Beethoven, Barber, Haydn: Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman( conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Zurich Tonhalle, 6.10.2011 (JR)
Berg Replaces Beethoven in a Concert Of the “Three Bs”
United States Bach, Berg, Brahms: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Alan Gilbert (violin and conductor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra,Avery Fisher Hall,New York, 5.10.2011(SSM)
Raw, Visceral Playing from the Moscow Philharmonic In Edinburgh
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2011 (SRT)
Sir Colin Davis and LSO Tackle Two Familiar Composers and One Unfamiliar
United Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen, and Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican,London, 4.10.2011 (MB)
Pli selon pli Casts Its Extraordinary Spell
United Kingdom Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (4): Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, Pierre Boulez (conductor). Royal Festival Hall,London, 2.10.2011 (MB)
CBSO impresses in Zurich
Switzerland Wagner, Haydn, Gruber and Tchaikovsky: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Zurich, Tonhalle, 4.10.2011 (JR)
Maazel’s Mahler Cycle Nears Its Close With a Magnificent Reading Of the Ninth Symphony
United Kingdom Mahler: Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.10.2011 (CG)