Canada Moncayo, Mozart and Berlioz: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Diego Matheuz (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC, 1.11.2014. (GN)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Savagery, Menace and Sardonic Jubilance in Shostakovich’s Tenth
United Kingdom Liadov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Leticia Moreno (violin), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.11.2014 (MC)
Bezuidenhout and Juilliard415 Perform Music that Never Shouts
United States J. C. Bach, W. F. Bach, Mozart: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Director and Fortepiano, Juilliard415, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 30.10.2014 (SSM)
Russian Concert Upstaged by Soloist’s Encore
United Kingdom Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin),. Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakob Hrusa (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2014 (GD)
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)