United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms: Adderbury Ensemble [David Lepage (violin), Christopher Windass (violin), Vanessa Mcnaught (viola), Katherine Sharman (cello), Viv Mclean (piano)]: St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 11.6.2015 (CR)
Concert Reviews
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Probing the Complexity of Missa Solemnis
United StatesBeethoven, Missa Solemnis: Joélle Harvey (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone), Pacific Boychoir (Kevin Fox, director), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Ragnar Bohlin, director), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). 10.6.2015 (HS)
Mixed Responses to a Baroque Programme from Christiane Karg and Arcangelo
United Kingdom Handel, Bach, Buxtehude: Christiane Karg (soprano), Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (director), Dora Stoutzker Concert Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 10.6.2015.(GP)
Fidelio: Two Operas in One
Switzerland Beethoven: Fidelio, Chorus of the Geneva Grand Théâtre (Chorus Master: Alan Woodbridge) and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Pinchas Steinberg (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Genève, 10.6.2015 (AL)
18 Year Wait for Porgy and Bess at the Madrid Teatro Real
Spain Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Teatro Real orchestra, Cape Town Opera Chorus, Tim Murray (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.6.2015 (JMI)
Violinist Esther Yoo Plays Glazunov Concerto with Refinement and Expression
United Kingdom Sibelius, Glazunov: Esther Yoo (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 12.6.2015 (CS)
Poets and Their Songs Feature at 2015 Oxford Lieder Festival. Preview (RJ)
Poets and Their Songs Feature at 2015 Oxford Lieder Festival. Preview (RJ) Dates: October 16th -31st “If only I could make up melodies myself, my songs would give greater pleasure than they do now,” wrote the poet Wilhelm Müller. “But no matter! A like-minded soul might appear who will hear the tune in the words … Read more
Percy-Lyakhovskaya Duo Play Recently Discovered Bliss Sonata
United Kingdom Elgar, Bliss: Eleanor Percy (violin), Irina Lyakhovskaya (piano), Robert Milnes (piano), Arthur Bliss Society Spring Concert, St Andrew’s Church, Cheltenham, 13.5.2015. (RJ)