Singapore Various composers, An Afternoon with the BBC Singers, BBC Singers, Paul Brough, conductor, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, 15.03.2015 (RP)
Concert Reviews
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Sir András Schiff: Late Works by Masters of the Classical Period
United States Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert: Sir András Schiff (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.3.2015 and 12.3.2015 (SSM)
Photo Credit: Nadia F. Romanini
The Pražák Quartet Perpetuates the Glory of a Czech Tradition
Canada Haydn, Janáček and Dvořák: Pražák Quartet (Pavel Hula and Vlastimil Holek, violins, Josef Klusoň, viola, Michal Kaňka, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 10.3.2015 (GN)
Camerata Salzburg Play the Right Music in the Wrong Order
United Kingdom Bartók, Mozart, Bruckner: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Camerata Salzburg / Ben Gernon (conductor), City Hall, Sheffield, 14.3.2015
Protestant Geneva Fails to Capture the Spirit of Verdi’s Requiem
Switzerland Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem, Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master), Edo de Waart (conductor), Victoria Hall, Geneva, 12.3.2015 (AL)
Tugan Sokhiev Impresses with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom, Beethoven, Strauss and Brahms: Katy Woolley (horn), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 12.3.2015 (AS)
An Enduringly Successful Subversion of Hansel and Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Revival Premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/ Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 21.2.2015 (GPu)
John Drinkwater’s Granddaughter Breathes New Life into His Poems
United Kingdom Quantz, Gaubert, Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Susie Self, Schumann, Quilter, Howells, Gurney, Kern, Gershwin: Susannah Self, Ellipsis [Melanie Ragge (oboe), Robert Manasse (flute), Susanna Stranders (piano)], Gloucester Music Society, St Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester, 12.3.2015. (RJ)