The Ashleyan Opera Prize: Post-graduate students of the Birmingham Conservatoire with Janis Kelly (Adjudicator) Jon French (Accompanist) Julian Pike (Organiser). Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, 13. 5. 2011. (GR)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Gergiev and the LSO excel in Russian music
Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (Piano), Philip Cobb (Trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor). Barbican Hall, London 15.5.2011 (RBB)
Pogorelich plays Chopin in Istanbul
Chopin, Liszt : Ivo Pogorelich “Virtuoso Recitals” at İş Sanat Auditorium, Istanbul 12.05.2011 (AM)
London Eighth Symphony commemorates the centenary of Mahler’s death
Mahler’s Eighth – ‘Symphony of a Thousand’: Vivace Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, The London Chorus, Romsey Choral Society, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 15.5.2011 (JPr)
Mahler No. 6 in San Francisco
Mahler: Symphony No. 6, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 13.5.2011 (HS)
Debussy, Messiaen and Mahler with Ax and the New York Philharmonic
Debussy, Messiaen, Mahler : Emanuel Ax (piano), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 28.4.2011 (BH)
Garsington Opera’s New Home Opens Soon
Garsington Opera has moved to the Wormsley Estate
Mozart from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Susan Gritton (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), James Gaffigan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.5.2011 (SRT)