United Kingdom Sibelius, Nielsen, Frances-Hoad, Taylor, Nicolson, Powers, Knotts. Fenella Humphreys (violin), Nicola Eimer (piano) Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. 4.2.2015 (LB)
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The Great Classics Are the Hardest to Get Right
United States Beethoven and Shostakovich: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 30.1.2015 (BJ)
Weilerstein Demonstrates Rachmaninov’s Rhythmic Vitality and Nostalgic Lyricism
United Kingdom Sibelius, Grieg, Rachmaninov: Alessandro Taverna (piano); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Joshua Weilerstein (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset 4.2.2015 (IL)
Centuries-old ‘Minimalism’ from the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
United Kingdom Parsons, Plainsong, Dunstable, Hacomplaynt, Tallis, Damett, Byttering, Henry V, Power, and Fayrfax: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, 4.3.2015 (MB)
A Festival’s Growth to Maturity
United States Seattle Chamber Music Society, Winter Festival: James Ehnes (artistic director and violin), Anne-Marie McDermott and Orion Weiss (piano), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Robert deMaine and Andres Diaz (cello). Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, Washington. 23.1.2015 (RC)
Masterly, Penetrating Schubert from the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Schubert: Takács Quartet [Edward Dusinberre & Károly Schranz (violins), Geraldine Walther (viola), András Féjer (cello)], Wigmore Hall London, 31. 1.2015 (CS)
Savall and Juilliard415 Amid the Charms of Nature
United States Leclair, Marais, Telemann, Rameau, Handel: Amid the Charms of Nature, Juilliard415, Elizabeth Blumenstock (concertmaster), Jordi Savall (director), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 31.1.2015 (SSM)