The Ashleyan Opera Prize: Post-graduate students of the Birmingham Conservatoire with Janis Kelly (Adjudicator) Jon French (Accompanist) Julian Pike (Organiser). Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, 13. 5. 2011. (GR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Gergiev and the LSO excel in Russian music
Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (Piano), Philip Cobb (Trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor). Barbican Hall, London 15.5.2011 (RBB)
London Eighth Symphony commemorates the centenary of Mahler’s death
Mahler’s Eighth – ‘Symphony of a Thousand’: Vivace Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, The London Chorus, Romsey Choral Society, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 15.5.2011 (JPr)
Garsington Opera’s New Home Opens Soon
Garsington Opera has moved to the Wormsley Estate
Mozart from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Susan Gritton (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), James Gaffigan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.5.2011 (SRT)
Tchaikovsky from the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). Cadogan Hall, 12.5.2011 (MB)
Eschenbach and Dresdner Staatskapelle impress Cardiff with Brahms and Tchaikovsky
Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Brahms: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Staatskapelle Dresden, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.5.2011 (GPu)
The Tallis Scholars in Concert
Victoria and Palestrina: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London 10.5.2011 (MB)