Friendship Matinee: RPO’s The Very Best of John Barry: Alison Jiear and Lance Ellington (guest vocalists), Tommy Pearson (presenter), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2013. (JPr)
Concert Reviews
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An Important MacMillan Première Opens the RSNO Season
United Kingdom Britten, MacMillan, Holst: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Ladies of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.10.2013 (SRT)
Wartime Scores by Britten and Shostakovich in Spectacular Hallé Season Opener
United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich: Hallé, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Samuel West (reciter), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3. 10. 2013 (MC)
Season-Opener in Cardiff Celebrates Thirty Years of BBC National Chorus of Wales
United Kingdom Poulenc, Shostakovich. Marita Sølberg (soprano), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.10.2013 (PCG)
Beethoven’s Ninth: Morning, Noon and Evening
United States Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: An App for the iPad, published by Touch Press
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Copyist’s Manuscripts from The Royal Philharmonic Society and JuilliardSchool’s Manuscript Collection.
Beethoven: Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Kelley O’Conner (mezzo-soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), Shenyang (bass), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Allen Gilbert (conductor), Manhattan School of Music Symphonic Chorus, Kent Tritle (director), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, (3.10.2013) (SSM)
Elemental Forces Drive Lucy Guerin’s “Weather”
United States Lucy Guerin (with dancers from the premiere season), “Weather,” Lucy Guerin Inc., Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles, 4.10.13 (JRo)
Fun and Sobriety in a Dream Program
United States Bartók, Beethoven, Haydn, and Johann Strauss, Jr.: Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Oregon Symphony,Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, 28.9.2013 (BJ)
Sumptuous Singing from Ruth Ann Swenson
United States Composers from Bellini to Lehár: Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 29.9.2013 (HS)