United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.10.2011 (MB)
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Pieces of the Eighth as Maazel Ends His 2011 London Mahler Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler: Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Sally Matthews (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone) and Stephen Gadd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus,BBC Symphony Chorus, Boys of the Eton College Chapel Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 9.10.2011. (JPr)
Liszt Discovery Day at the Wigmore Hall: Rather a Missed Opportunity
United Kingdom Liszt Discovery Day: Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin), Joris van den Berg (cello), Tristan Lee, Coady Green, Leslie Howard, Bobby Chen (piano),BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor). Wigmore Hall,London. 8.10.2011 (MB)
Steven Osborne in an Exciting Recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Steven Osborne (Piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 5.10.2011 (RB)
RPO Opens Swansea Festival With Fine Beethoven, Brahms and Bruch
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, (conductor), Tasmin Little (violin), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 8.10.2011 (NR)
Very Satisfying Start to Freddy Kempf’s Beethoven Piano Concerto Project
United Kingdom Beethoven: Freddy Kempf (piano / conductor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.10.2011 (GPu)
Atmospheric Debussy and Lyrical Rachmaninov from Denève, Lugansky and RSNO
United Kingdom Debussy, Rachmaninov : Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 07.10.2011 (SRT)
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Shine in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart Choral Music: Laurence Kilsby (treble), Julie Cooper (soprano), Jeremy Kenyon (alto), Christopher Watson (tenor), Christopher Borrett (bass), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School, Charivari Agréable, Benjamin Nicholas. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.10.2011 (JQ)