United Kingdom Schnittke, Cage, David Lang, J.S. Bach, Debussy, Auerbach and Schumann: Hilary Hahn (violin), Cory Smythe (piano), Wigmore Hall London 21.3.2015 (CS)
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Seven Bright Planets Outshone by a Single Star
United StatesRespighi, Mendelssohn, and Holst: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.3.2015 (BJ)
Elegance and Vitality in Chamber Music at Taft Museum
United States Schumann, Beethoven, Franck: Rebecca Culnan (violin), Dan Culnan (cello), Frank Weinstock (piano). Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati. 23.3.2015 (RDA)
Two Groups in Two Views of One Janáček Quartet
United States Beethoven, Janáček, Brahms, Golijov, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky: Rubens Quartet, Dimitri Murrath (viola), ECCO, Judi Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, 19-20.3.2015 (BJ)
Fulham Opera Keep Up Standards in Two of Puccini’s Il Trittico Operas
Puccini, Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi: Soloists and musicians of Fulham Opera, conductors: Michael Thrift (Il tabarro) and Nick Fletcher (Gianni Schicchi), St John’s Church, Fulham, London, 22.3.2015. (JPr) Casts Michael Dewis: Michele Mari Wyn Williams: Giorgetta, Nella Oliver Gibbs: Gianni Schicchi Roberto Abate: Luigi, Gherardo Edward Hughes: Tinca, Rinuccio Henry Grant Kerswell: Talpa, … Read more
Consummate Pianistic Artistry from Evgeny Kissin
United Kingdom Beethoven, Prokofiev, Chopin, Liszt. Evgeny Kissin (piano) Barbican Hall, London, 20.3.2015 (RB)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Play Rugby in Switzerland
Switzerland Honegger, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Patricia Kopatchinskaya (violin), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.3.15 (JR)
“Heavenly Flowers Bloom” as Cantemus Offer “a Sweet Harvest” in the St John Passion
United States Bach: Guy Cutting (tenor), Stuart Young (bass), Rebecca Donkin (soprano), Helen Pugsley (soprano), Elizabeth Irvine (mezzo), Jon English (tenor), Ed Ballard (baritone), Cantemus Chamber Choir, Rejouissance (Simon Jones, leader) / Huw Williams (director), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.3.2015 (LJ).