United Kingdom Grieg, Mozart, Lutoslawski and Richard Strauss: Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 25.11.2014 (CS)
Concert Reviews
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A Winterreise that Ilustrated Schubert’s Affinity with Narrative
United Kingdom Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: performed by Mark Padmore (tenor) and Paul Lewis (piano). Birmingham Town Hall, 23.11.2014 (GR)
Tribute to Leslie Head, Founder of the Kensington Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom In Memory of Leslie Head – Walton, Vaughan Williams, Montague and Sibelius: Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Kensington Symphony Orchestra / Russell Keable (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 25.11.2014. (JPr)
Six Characters and a Turk in Search of an Author
United States Rossini, ll Turco in Italia: Soloists, Juilliard Orchestra and Chorus, Speranza Scappucci (conductor and continuo) Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Juilliard School, New York, 22.11.2014 (SSM)
Buenos Aires Independents’ 2015 Season – Some Gems To Come
Buenos Aires Independents’ 2015 Season – Some Gems To Come (JSJ) At the time of writing this, with the prospect of a 2015 season opening of Tosca, a new production of the work opens in La Plata – raising the thorny but perennially topical question of the extent to which independent organizations should simply pursue … Read more
Haydn Done Right to End the Evening
United States Britten, Stamitz, and Haydn: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Ayane Kozasa (viola), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.11.2014 (BJ)
Russian Baritone Hvorostovsky Attracts Newcomers to the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler and Strauss: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) and Ivari Ilja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 23.11.2014. (JPr)
Horrors of Hell Unleashed Musically in Gloucester’s Ancient Cathedral
United Kingdom Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts: Paul Nilon (tenor), Gloucester Choral Society, Bristol Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra / Adrian Partington (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral, 22.11.2014. (RJ)