United Kingdom Haydn, Reger, and Schoenberg: Orion String Quartet, Peter Serkin (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.2.2015 (BJ)
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Ivo Pogorelich: Truly a Law Unto Himself
United Kingdom Liszt, Schumann, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Ivo Pogorelich (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.2.2015 (MB)
The Intimate and the Spectacular: An Inspiring Lobgesang from Bramwell Tovey
United Kingdom Mendelssohn and Brahms: Monica Huisman (soprano), Kristin Hoff (mezzo-soprano), Isaiah Bell (tenor), Elektra Women’s Choir (directed by Morna Edmundson), Chor Leoni (directed by Eric Licht), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC, 20.2.2015 (GN)
Print Room’s Opening Dance Programme Celebrates Heyday of Coronet Cinema
United Kingdom Various composers, 1898: Contemporary Dance Festival, Print Room at the Coronet, London, 23.2.2015 (J.O’D)
Refreshed and Reinvigorated Die Zauberflöte at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Royal Opera House, Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.2.2015 (MB)
Freshness and Spontaneity from St Petersburgh SO in Manchester
United Kingdom Sibelius, Beethoven, Rachmaninov: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Freddie Kempf (piano), Natalie Clein (cello), Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Dmitriev (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 23.2.2015 (MC)
Emotionally and Intellectually Rewarding Jazz in Cardiff
United Kingdom JT Four: Jean Toussaint (tenor and soprano saxophones), Jonathan Gee (piano), Larry Bartley (bass), Troy Miller (drums), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 30.1.2015. (GP)
Intelligent, Discerning Musicianship from Lisa Batiashvili and Paul Lewis
United Kingdom Schubert, J.S. Bach, Telemann and Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Paul Lewis (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.2.2015 (CS)