Germany J.Offenbach: La Belle Hélène, Komische Oper Orchestra and Chorus, Kristiina Poska (conductor), Berlin Komische Oper, 8.11.2014 (JMI).
Berlin’s Bright and Imaginative La Belle Heléne
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Compelling and Enjoyable Concert of French Music from Mena and London Philharmonic
United Kingdom Pierne, Poulenc, Ravel, Debussy: Katia and Marielle Labèque (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Juanjo Mena (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.11.2014 (GD)
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Brings Radiant Mozart to Oxford
United Kingdom Mozart Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (director): Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.11.2014 (CR)
Logical Conclusion to Cullberg Ballet’s Sisyphean Struggle
United Kingdom Plateau Effect: Cullberg Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.11.2014 (J.O’D)
A Schubert Night to Remember
United KingdomOxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project -. A Schubertiade : Sara Kramer (soprano), Raphaela Papadakis (soprano), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Robert Murray (tenor), Jan Petryka (tenor), Benjamin Appl (baritone), Eugene Asti, Deidre Brenner, Sholto Kynoch, William Vann (piano): Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford 18.10.2014. (MH)
Benedetti Excels in Shostakovich First Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.11.2014 (SRT)
Moran Dance Piece Examines “Overblown Masculinity”
United Kingdom, Joe Moran, Arrangement, Greenwich Dance, London, 15.11.2014 (J.O’D)
Aimard Plays Bach:Well-Tempered and Well Played
United StatesBach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.11.2014 (SSM)