United States Aspen Music Festival (11): Sarah Chang (violin), Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor); Soloists; Sharon Isbin (guitar), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano); Garrick Ohlssen (piano), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor). Benedict Music Tent, Harris Concert Hall. Aspen, Colorado. 1-3.8.2014 (HS)
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Virtuosity and Profundity from Rachel Podger in Biber
United Kingdom Biber, Froberger, Weckmann Rachel Podger (violin), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord, organ), David Miller (theorbo). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 03.07.2014 (GPu)
Guillem and Maliphant Display their Artistry
United Kingdom Montoya, Thompson, Cowton, PUSH: Sadler’s Wells in collaboration with Russell Maliphant and Sylvie Guillem, London Coliseum, 3.8.2014 (J.O’D)
Proms Chamber Music 3: London Winds’ Delectable Chamber Prom
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 3 – Mozart and Strauss:London Winds, Michael Collins (director/clarinet). Cadogan Hall, London, 4.8.2014 (MB)
PROM 24: Donald Runnicles Leads an Eloquent Mahler Ninth at the Proms
United Kingdom PROM 24: Vaughan Williams and Mahler, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2014. (JPr)
PROM 23: Fine Choral Singing Redeems Runnicles’s Rather Ordinary Prom
United Kingdom PROM 23 – John McLeod, Beethoven, and Mozart: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Neil Davies (bass), National Youth Choir of Scotland (chorus master: Christopher Bell), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2014 (MB)
Controversial Götterdämmerung Benefits from Perfectly Paced Orchestral Playing
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2014 (6) – Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Kirill Petrenko. (conductor), Bayreuth, Germany. 30.4.2014.
Photo Credit Enrico Nawrath/Bayreuth Opera
Masterly Conducting from Nelsons in Lohengrin Revival
Germany Bayreuth Festival 2014 (5) – Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Andris Nelsons. (conductor), Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany. 31.7.2014. (JPr)
