Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Glazunov, Bizet: Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Kristine Balanas (violin), David John,(conductor), 2.7.2011 (NHR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – A menacing Boesch and a demented Spence stun audiences
Loewe, Schubert, Mahler : Florian Boesch (baritone) with Roger Vignoles, Pittville Pump Room, 30.6.2011 (RJ)
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Schumann, Janáček : Toby Spence (tenor), Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano) with Julian Milford (piano). Pittville Pump Room, 3.7.2011 (RJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – Steve Reich Marches To Many Different Drums
Cheltenham Festival 2011 – Steve Reich: Drumming: The Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals, The Town Hall Cheltenham, 6pm, 3.7.2011
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Kuniko Kato plays Reich: Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham 3pm, 3.7.2011 (BK)
Noriko Ogama inaugurates piano series in Cardiff’s brand new hall
Mozart, Kanno, Liszt: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Dora Stoutker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 3.6.2011 (GPu)
Impressive New Music from the London Sinfonietta
Woolrich, Feshareki, Davies, Adès, Messiaen : London Sinfonietta, Kings Place, London 1.7.2011 (GDn)
The Southbank’s “Pollini Project” ends in classic style
Chopin, Debussy, Boulez: Maurizio Pollini, Royal Festival Hall London, 28.6.11 (GDn)
Cheltenham 2011 :A Trio of Song Cycles opens the music festival
Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Venables : Caroline MacPhie, Allan Clayton, Elias String Quartet, Tom Poster (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 29.6.2011 (RJ)
Kathryn Stott and Lancashire Sinfonietta uplift and entertain St.Anne’s on Sea
Beethoven, Mozart, Piazzolla, Mozart: Kathryn Stott (piano), Lancashire Sinfonietta,/Bradley Creswick (director). United Reformed Church, St. Annes on Sea, Lancashire, 25.6.2011 (MC)