United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (7) – Berlioz: Michael Spyres (tenor), Laurent Naouri (bass), Peter Eyre (narrator), National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13.8.2015 (SRT)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Theatricality and Complexity Communicated with Thoroughness and Clarity at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 36: Boulez, Ravel, Stravinsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2015 (LJ)
Revelatory Performances from Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Austria Salzburg Festival (4) – Debussy, Boulez, and Tchaikovsky: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, 12.8.2015 (MB)
Thoughtfully Conceived Journeys in Song from Christiane Karg and Malcolm Martineau
Austria Salzburg Festival (3) – Wolf, Montsalvatge, Duparc, Ravel, Hahn, Koechlin, Poulenc, and Barber: Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11.8.2015 (MB)
An Impressive Showing from Canada’s National Youth Orchestra
Canada Strauss, Santa Ana and Rachmaninoff: Carmen Bruno (cello), National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Michael Francis (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 6.8.2015 (GN)
Two Revolutionaries, Beethoven And Berlioz, Look to the Future
United Kingdom PROM 33:Beethoven, Berlioz: Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2015. (GD)
The Carducci Quartet’s Magnificent Tribute to Shostakovich
United Kingdom Shostakovich. The Carducci Quartet [Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming (violins), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)], Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, London, 9.8.2015. (RW)