United Kingdom Dies Irae: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin, concept, direction), Michael Wendeberg (piano, organ, harpsichord), Aurora Voices, Aurora Orchestra. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 21.2.2024. (AK)
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New York Festival of Song and Young Concert Artists come together for a feast of lyrical delights
United States Various, All Together Now: Chelsea Guo (soprano / piano), Megan Moore & Erin Wagner (mezzo-sopranos), Daniel McGrew (tenor), Joseph Parrish (bass-baritone), Francesco Barfoed (piano), Steven Blier (piano / arranger). Merkin Hall, New York, 21.2.2024. (RP)
Light-suffused late and early romanticism from the BBC Philharmonic in Salford
United Kingdom MacDowell, Bax: Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford, 22.2.2024. (RBa)
Visionary Vaughan Williams and monumental Brahms from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Brahms, Vaughan Williams: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 21.2.2024. (CK)
Alexander Malofeev plays a dazzling Prokofiev Third with the BBC SO and Hannu Lintu
United Kingdom Rands, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Adams: Alexander Malofeev (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2023. (MBr)
The LPO’s night of ‘Colour and Fantasy’ infuses London’s Southbank
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Francisco Coll, de Falla: Javier Perianes (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 16.2.2024. (CSa)
A venerable staging allows for a delightful evening of Rossini at Staatsoper Berlin
United Kingdom Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Soloists, Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Ido Arad (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 16.2.2024. (MB)
The 2024 George and Nora London Competition Winners are announced
United States Various – George and Nora London Foundation Competition Finals: Soloists, Michael Fennelly (piano). The Morgan Museum & Library, New York, 16.2.2024. (RP)