Schumann, Brahms: Beloved Clara. Lucy Parham, Gabrielle Drake, Martin Jarvis, Chipping Campden Music Festival, 8.5.2011. (RJ)
UK Concerts
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Lorin Maazel takes his audience on the Mahler trip of a lifetime
United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No.3: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Voices, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra; Lorin Maazel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.5.2011. (JPr)
The Jerusalem Quartet and friends play Brahms and Schoenberg
Brahms and Schoenberg: Jerusalem Quartet and friends (Alexander Pavolovsky, Sergei Bresler (violins) Ori Kam, Yuri Zhislin (violas) Kyril Zlotnikov, Adrian Brendel (violoncelli)). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.5.2011 (MB)
Father and Son: Walter Weller conducts an André Christen work with BBCNOW
Christen, Prokofiev, Dvořák: John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Walter Weller (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 7 .5.2011 (NHR)
Leif Segerstam and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz, Britten, Sibelius, Respighi: Pia Segerstam (cello), London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor). Barbican Hall 27.4.2011 (KC)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra visits Manchester
Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Alexei Stepanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 04.05.2011 (MC)
Maazel and the Philharmonia in Mahler’s Fifth and Das Knaben Wunderhorn
Mahler: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.5.2011 (CG)
RSNO Season Culminates with Beethoven and Adams’ 9/11 Commemoration
Adams, Beethoven: Sabina Cvilak (sop), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Tómas Tómasson (bar), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.05.2010 (SRT)