United Kingdom Mozart, Webern, Schubert: Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.10. 2015 (RB)
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Student Musicians Offer a Fine Tribute to Welsh composer Mervyn Burtch
United Kingdom Mervyn Burtch (1929-2015): Connor Fogel (piano), Hannah Scott (flute), Sophie Levi (voice), Ella O’Neill (piano), Michael Gibbs (French horn), Emma Cayeux (piano), Sioned Evans (piano), Alis Huws (harp), Jessica Robinson (voice), Sophie Silverstone & Felix Lo (violins), Lily Rogers (viola), Gemma Connor (cello), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 7.10,2015 (GPu)
UK Premiere of an Intriguing Major Score by Philippe Manour at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach-Kurtág, Busoni, Manoury: Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher (pianos), Experimental Studio des SWR (José Miguel Fernandez (sound direction), Dominik Kleinknecht (technician)). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.10.2015 (MB)
Authenticity Breeds Originality in the Hands of the London Haydn Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn: London Haydn Quartet [Catherine Manson (first violin), Michael Gurevich (second violin), James Boyd (viola), Jonathon Manson (cello)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29/09/15 (LJ).
Cantemus Take on Bach’s Motets with Mixed Success
United Kingdom J. S. Bach: Tabitha Rodway (soprano), Cantemus Chamber Choir / Huw Williams (director), John Cheer (organ), Claudine Cassidy (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 10.10.15 (LJ).
A Wholly Spirited Sunday Morning with Clare Hammond
United Kingdom Swansea International Festival – Sibelius, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Scriabin: Clare Hammond (piano), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 11.10.2015 (LJ).
Dynamic Devon Baroque Display a Diverse Array of Repertoire
Handel, Rameau, Rebel, Vivaldi, Telemann: Devon Baroque / Persephone Gibbs (director), Great Hall, Dartington, 11.10. 2015 (PRB) George Frideric Handel: ‘Water Music’ Suite I in F, HWV 348 Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from ‘Platée’ Jean-Féry Rebel: ‘Le Cahos’ from ‘Les Élémens’ Antonio Vivaldi: Violin concerto Op 8 No 5 ‘Tempesta di Mare’ Georg Philipp … Read more
Dresden Philharmonic Shine Forth in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Wagner, Elgar, Beethoven: Sol Gabetta (cello), Dresden Philharmonic, Michael Sanderling (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.10.2015 (SRT)