United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. The ‘Kosegarten Liederspiel’: Sophie Junker (soprano), Belinda Williams (mezzo soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), David Owen Norris (fortepiano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2014. (MH)
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Four Choreographers Interpret Thomas Adès’ Music
United Kingdom Thomas Adès, See the Music, Hear the Dance: Britten Sinfonia (conducted by Thomas Adès), Choreography by McGregor, Armitage, Whitley and Pite, Sadlers Wells, Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Kidd Pivot, Sadler’s Wells, London, 31.10.2014 (J.O’D)
Ten Tors Orchestra Explores Britain’s Edwardian Legacy
United Kingdom Elgar, Grainger, Vaughan Williams: Alison Kettlewell (mezzo-soprano) & Mary Eade (violin), Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth UK 1.11.2014 (PRB)
Leon McCawley Impresses in Mozart
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn. Leon McCawley (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 30.10.2014 (RB)
Andrés Orozco-Estrada Underwhelms in Mahler
United Kingdom Mahler: Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano); London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.11.2014 (CC)
Schubert Inspires a Thought-Provoking Programme from Edward Gardner
United Kingdom Schubert, Henze, Thomas Larcher, John Adams: Mark Padmore (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, Edward Gardner (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 1.11.2014 (CS)
Broderick’s Zemlinsky Performance Crackles with Dramatic Tension
United Kingdom Schubert, Zemlinsky, Beethoven: Katherine Broderick (soprano), David Hayman (narrator), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 01.11.2014 (SRT)
Zimmerman’s Jazz Haunted Trumpet Concerto Impresses Welsh Audience
United Kingdom Beethoven, Zimmermann: Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 31.10.2014 (PCG)