United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Fauré, Gareth Glyn, Michael Csanyi-Wills, Beethoven: Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor). Doris Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 27.9.2014 (PCG)
Concert Reviews
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Dover Quartet Balances Technical Aplomb with Emotional Expression
Canada Beethoven and Vivian Fung: Dover Quartet (Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; Camden Shaw, cello), Koerner Hall, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 18.9.2014. (GN)
Joyce DiDonato’s London Recital Compromised by Some Second-Rate Material
United Kingdom Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 25.9.2014. (JPr)
The Berlioz Project: A Chorister’s View of the Philharmonia’s 2014/15 Season Opener
United Kingdom The Berlioz Project: A Chorister’s View of the Philharmonia’s 2014/15 Season Opener:
BBC SSO Opens Season with Dramatic and Uncompromising All-Russian Programme
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich: Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Barry Douglas piano, City Halls, Glasgow, 25.09.2014. (CG)
CBSO Pays Centenary Tribute to Former Conductor Sir Andrzej
Andrzej Panufnik Centenary Concert – Panufnik, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Wagner: Peter Donohoe (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Michael Seal (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 24.9.2014.
PROM (76): Sakari Oramo Applies the Fin(n)ishing Touches to the 2014 BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 76 – Last Night Of The Proms 2014: Janine Jansen (violin), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Ruthie Henshall (vocalist), John Daszak (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.9.2014. (JPr)
Nicolas Hodges’ Fascinating Recital Offers Much More than the Sum of its Parts
United Kingdom Debussy, Birtwistle, and Mozart-Busoni: Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.9.2014 (MB)