United States Borodin, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15.5.2015 (RDA).
Concert Reviews
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Fresh, Stimulating,Revival of Schaaf’s Tosca in Dresden
Germany Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Kinderchor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Julian Kovatchev (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany , 16.5.2015 (MC)
A Welcome and Convincing Revival of Morning Heroes
Berlioz, Bliss: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Samuel West (orator), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.5.2015 (AS)
Three World Premieres at the End of a Welsh Pier
Adams, Lunn, Pärt, Green, Kúrtag, Wallace, Ayres: Antoine Françoise and Robin Green (pianos), *David Childs (euphonium), *Patrick King (timpani). Penarth Pier Pavilion, Cardiff. 16.5. 2015 (PCG) John Adams (b.1947) – Hallelujah Junction (1998) Ben Lunn (b.1990) – The Horror and the Estasy (2014) world première Arvo Pärt (b.1935) – Hymn to a Great … Read more
Hurdy-Gurdy Volodos
Italy Brahms Schubert, Arcadi Volodos piano). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome 13.05.2015 (JB)
Striking Virtuousity in Znaider’s Performance Of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto
Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2015 – Albert Schnelzer, Sibelius, Berlioz: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 15.5.2015. (MC) Albert Schnelzer: ‘Tales from Suburbia’ Sibelius: Violin Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique It was frustrating having to choose between this Semperoper performance and another simultaneously timed festival concert at the Frauenkirche … Read more
Heartfelt Senegalese Kora Music plus an Amuse-Bouche of Welsh Song
United Kingdom Seckou Keita (kora), Gwyneth Glyn (guitar and voice), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 14. 5.2015 (LJ).
Stunning Liszt from Kirill Gerstein
United Kingdom Bartók, Bach, Liszt. Kirill Gerstein (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 14.5.2015 (RB)