United Kingdom Handel, Casanova, Mozart, Haydn: Leland Chen (violin), Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth , 4.10.2014 (PRB)
Contemporary Addition Adds Interest to Ten Tors Orchestra Concert
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Storming Start to RSNO Season with Flute Concerto Premiere
United Kingdom Wagner, Rouse, Rimsky-Korsakov: Katherine Bryan (flute), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 03.10.2014 (SRT)
An Intriguing but Not Wholly Fulfilling Recital from Daniil Trifonov
United Kingdom Bach/Liszt, Rachmaninov, Liszt Daniil Trifonov (piano) Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.9.2014 (CC)
Unforgettable Prokofiev and Shostakovich Performances from London Philharmonic
United Kingdom Lindberg, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), London Philharmonic / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, (GD) 24.9.2014
Exhilarating and Transparent Choral Symphony from BBC Philharmonic
United Kingdom Beethoven: John Daszak (tenor), Alastair Miles (baritone), Raquel Lojendio (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Saturday 29th September 2014 (MC)
Uplifting Russian Concert from Runnicles and BBC Scottish SO
Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich: Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.09.2014 (SRT) Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain Scriabin: Piano Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 I predictably begin every BBCSSO season by complaining about the lamentably small number of concerts they do in Edinburgh each year. … Read more
Uplifting Russian Concert from Runnicles and BBC Scottish SO
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich: Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.09.2014 (SRT)
The Benyounes Quartet Shine Light on Unfamiliar Music by Women Composers
Janáček, Kaprálova, Tailleferre and Ravel: Benyounes Quartet [Zara Benyounes & Emily Holland (violins), Tetsumi Nagata (viola), Kim Vaughan (cello)] King’s Place, London, 22.9.2014 (CS)