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).
Concert Reviews
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The Composer Dobrinka Tabakova in Conversation with Rob Barnett The composer Dobrinka Tabakova, who was born in Bulgaria in 1980, was raised from a young age in London and is now a British citizen. In 2013 ECM issued a CD entirely devoted to her music entitled String Paths. It was reviewed by MWI here and … Read more
Despite its Virtues Opera North’s Figaro Needs Titles or Better Projection of Words
United Kingdom Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro (Sung in English): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Alexander Shelley, (conductor), The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 10.3.2015
Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams: A Study in Contrasts
United Kingdom Lyadov, Prokofiev & Vaughan Williams: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 21.3.2015 (MC)
An Eloquent Performance of Finzi’s Intimations of Immortality
United Kingdom Elgar, Bruch and Finzi: Yossif Ivanov (violin), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Hill, The Lighthouse, Poole. 18.3.2015 (RB)
Plenty of Swing and Attack in RSNO’s All-American Concert
United Kingdom Adams, Bernstein, Barber, Gershwin: Robert McDuffie (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.3.2015 (SRT)
Maurizio Pollini: The Stamp of Greatness
United Kingdom Schumann, Chopin Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.3.2015 (CC)
Familiar Music Performed with Freshness and Evident Joy
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann & Mendelssohn: Gloria Campaner (piano), English Chamber Orchestra/ Daisuke Muranaka (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London 18.3.2015 (CS)