Intense Oxford Lieder performance of Dichterliebe from James Atkinson and pianist Sholto Kynoch

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [6] – R. Schumann, Elena Langer, Johanna Kinkel: Anna Dennis and Caroline Taylor (sopranos), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), James Atkinson (baritone), Sir Thomas Allen (narrator), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Roman Mints (violin), Emmanuella Reiter (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello), Richard Gowers (harpsichord), George Ireland, Sholto Kynoch (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 21.10.2022. (CR)

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The RPO’s Mahler Eighth wasn’t the overwhelming experience expected from the forces involved

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler Symphony No.8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand’: Soloists, Philharmonia Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, City of London Choir, Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.10.2022. (JPr)

Vasily Petrenko conducts Mahler’s Symphony No.8 (Part I) © Andy Paradise

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