United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Gould Piano trio (Lucy Gould, violin; Benjamin Frith, piano; Alice Neary, cello), David Adams (viola), Rosie Biss (cello), Cerys Jones (violin), Rebecca Jones (viola). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 18.2.2017. (GPu)
Festivals
The First Concert of the Hallé Elgar Festival is a Real Delight
United Kingdom Elgar: Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.3.2017. (MC)
Fine Music-Making from two thirds of the Gould Piano Trio
United Kingdom Field, Rachmaninov: Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 17.2.2017. (GPu)
Innovation and Reinvention Take the Stage
United Kingdom Miranda, Baltas, Bonet, Butterscotch: Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta and Singers, Butterscotch (beatbox vocalist), Simon Ible (conductor). The House, Plymouth University. 25.2.2017. (PRB)
Unusual Variety in the Vancouver Symphony’s 2017 New Music Festival
Canada 2017 VSO New Music Festival: Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24-29.1.2017. (GN)
Time Stood Still and Stillness Reigned: Andreas Scholl in Recital
China Third Shanghai Baroque Festival – Dowland, Handel, Folk Songs: Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Shanghai Symphony Hall-Chamber Hall, Shanghai, 18.12.2016. (RP)
Connolly Provides a Real Buzz at the Launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Schumann, Ravel, Ireland, Gurney, Britten: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Joseph Middleton (pianist), Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 26.11.2016. (CF)
A Musically Pleasing but Uneven Performance in Bergamo of a Donizetti Rarity
Italy Donizetti, Olivo è Pasquale: Accademia Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Donizetti Opera Chorus / Federico Maria Sardelli (conductor), Teatro Sociale, Bergamo, 26.11.2016. (JMI)
