United Kingdom Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin),. Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakob Hrusa (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2014 (GD)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Superlative Playing by Young Musicians from the Midlands
United Kingdom Turnage, Vaughan Williams, Holst: John Mark Ainsley (tenor), CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Youth Orchestra / Ben Gernon (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.11.2014. (RD)
Termirkanov Shapes Sound of St Petersburg Phil
United Kingdom Liadov, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Nicolai Lugansky (piano), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 02.11.2014 (SRT)
Oxford Lieder Festival Culminates in a Blaze of Glory
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Kate Royal (soprano), Sarah Walker, Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Schubert’s Nightingales, Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Sholto Kynoch, Eugene Asti (piano): St John the Evangelist church, Oxford, 1.11.2014 (CR)
Dance Performance Disappoints Despite Impressive Setting
United Kingdom Various Composers, Siena: La Veronal, Southbank Centre, London, 30.10.2014 (J.O’D)
Giovanni Verga’s Musicianship
Italy Florence. Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana. Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Chorus Master, Lorenzo Fratini. Conductor, Giampaolo Bisanti. Stage Director, Mario Pontiggia. Sets and Costumes, Francesco Zito. Lighting, Gianni Paolo Mirenda. Opera di Firenze 23.10.2014 (JB)
Pisaroni Makes a Leap from Italian Opera to German Lieder
Canada Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert: Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), Wolfram Rieger (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver BC, 26.10.2014 (GN)
The Delightful Appeal of Liederspiel
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. The ‘Kosegarten Liederspiel’: Sophie Junker (soprano), Belinda Williams (mezzo soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), David Owen Norris (fortepiano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2014. (MH)