United Kingdom Schubert, Mahler, Chopin, Silvestri, Duparc, Britten: Philip Langridge Mentoring Scheme Showcase, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham. 10.7.2012 (RJ)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
The Prince Consort Visit Regency Cheltenham
United Kingdom Love Songs from The Prince Consort: Cheltenham Music Festival. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham. 10.7.2012 (JQ)
Striggio’s Polychoral Splendour in Tewkesbury Abbey
United Kingdom Striggio, Tallis et al.: Cheltenham Music Festival, Tewkesbury Abbey, 9.7.2012 (JQ)
Baroque Music from Bolivia at Cheltenham 2012
United Kingdom Brentner, De Araujo, Zipoli, Bassani, Balbi: Florilegium, Arakaendar Bolivia Choir /Ashley Solomon (conductor), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2012. (RJ)
Choral Perfection from The Sixteen at York Early Music Festival
United Kingdom Josquin, Brumel, Lassus: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers. The Minster, York, 6.7.2012 (JL)
Conflict, Confectionery and Bloodshed at Cheltenham 2012
United Kingdom Edward Rushton, Babur in London: The Opera Group, ensemble für neue musik zürich, John Fulljames (director), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 7.7.2012.
Babur: Omar Ebrahim
Nafisa:Kishani Jayasinghe
Saira: Annie Gill
Mo: Amar Mucchala
Faiz: Damian Thantrey
Debussy, Delius: Philip Smith (narrator), Wellensian Consort, Southbank Sinfonia, Neil Thomson (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7.7.2012. (RJ)
France and Singapore Intersect at Cheltenham 2012
United Kingdom Debussy: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2012. (RJ)
Debussy: Images (oubliées)
From Préludes Book I
From Études
Préludes Book 2, etc.
Debussy, Delius, Ravel, Holst: Melvyn Tan (piano), The Orchestra of the Music Makers / Chan Tze Law (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 6.7.2012. (RJ)
Southbank Centre’s Bryn Fest with Bryn Terfel
United Kingdom The Golden Age of Broadway – Bryn Terfel, Julian Ovenden, Clive Rowe, Hannah Waddingham and Emma Williams with Siân Phillips (speaker), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Voicelab. Conductor: Gareth Valentine.
An Evening of Opera Classics: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Oksana Dyka (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Gareth Jones. Royal Festival Hall, London, 4 and 5.7.2012. (JPr)