United Kingdom Wagner, Berlioz, Elgar: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.4.2014 (CS)
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Jansons Adds Lustre to Royal Concertgebouw’s Brucknerian Tradition
United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor), Barbican Hall, London , 3.4 .2014 (GD)
Youth Choir Demonstrates Continuing Success of El Sistema
United Kingdom Simón Bolívar Youth Choir, Lourdes Sánchez (conductor): St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.4.2014 (PCG)
Innovation, Majesty and Reflection in Philharmonia Concert
Wagner, Berlioz, Elgar: Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.4.2014 (CS) Wagner: Overture, Rienzi Berlioz: Le mort de Cléopâtre, scène lyrique Elgar: Symphony No.2 in Ab major Op.55 The Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Edward Gardner found a myriad moods as they charted the stages … Read more
Hubris Meets Humility as Duo Deftly Clown Around Korngold’s Songs.
United Kingdom Strauss, Korngold, Mahler: Christopher Maltman and Simon Lepper, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 4.4. 2014 (LJ)
A St. Matthew Passion in Sympathy with Bach’s Intentions
United Kingdom Bach, St. Matthew Passion: Soloists, Choir of Merton College and Oxford Baroque / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor). Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 6.4.2014 (CR)
Uinskas Displays Mastery of the Romantic Repertoire
United Kingdom Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov: Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Wigmore Hall 4.4.2014 (RB)
Gardner Demonstrates his Credentials as Elgar Interpreter
United Kingdom Elgar, Wagner: Natalie Clein (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.4.2014 (PCG)