United Kingdom De Morales, Josquin des Prez, Crecquillon, Tallis, De la Rue, Gombert, Clemens non Papa, Lobo, Isaac: Stile Antico, Chipping Campden Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 11.5.2015. (RJ)
Festivals
PROM (76): Sakari Oramo Applies the Fin(n)ishing Touches to the 2014 BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 76 – Last Night Of The Proms 2014: Janine Jansen (violin), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Ruthie Henshall (vocalist), John Daszak (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.9.2014. (JPr)
PROM 73: Extraordinary Mahler Performance from Gilbert and Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Prom 73 – Mahler: Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Leipzig Opera and Gewandhaus Choir (women’s voices), Leipzig Gewandhaus Children’s Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2014. (JPr)
Profoundly Spiritual Performance by Collegium Vocale Gent
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (8) – Lassus, Lagrime di San Pietro: Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 12.8.2014 (SRT)
Rare Rossini Gets a Good Outing at Buxton.
United Kingdom Gioachimo Rossini, Otello (concert performance sung in Italian with English surtitles): Soloists, Northern Chamber Orchestra. Buxton Festival Chorus / Stephen Barlow (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 17.7.2014. (RJF)
English Music Festival Ventures Westwards
United Kingdom Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Howells: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 20.9.2013 (RJ)
Musikfest Berlin 2013 (7): London Orchestra Celebrates Lutoslawski in Style
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2013 (7) Debussy, Lutosławski, Ravel, Lutosławski, Matthias Goerne (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra London/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 9.9.2013. (MC)
Lucerne Festival (3):Jansons’ Mahler 2 Roadshow Reaches Lucerne
Lucerne Festival (3): Mahler Genia Kühmeier (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (alto), WDR Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne, 8.9.2013 (JR)
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