United Kingdom Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande (arr. Annelies van Parys): Soloists, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jonathan Berman (conductor). Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London, 1.10.2015 (MB)
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Lusty, Powerful Salome
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Salome (concert version): Lise Lindstrom (soprano) and Kim Begley (tenor) and other soloists. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (Conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, England 30.9.2015. (IL)
Delightful Performances from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Rossini, Mozart, Schubert. Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [Tomo Keller (violin), Harvey de Souza (violin and viola), Robert Smissen (viola), Stephen Orton (cello), Timothy Orpen (clarinet), Lawrence O’Donnell (Bassoon), Stephen Stirling (Horn)] Hall One, King’s Place, London. 30.9.2015 (LB) Rossini – String Sonata No.1 in G major Mozart … Read more
Summer Breezes from Susanna Phillips in Radiant Knoxville
United States Hearne, Barber, Tchaikovsky: Susanna Phillips (soprano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Christian Reif (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 30.9.2015 (HS)
Strauss’s Mountain Journey Confidently Negotiated
United Kingdom Richard Strauss: Claire Seaton (soprano), Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra,/James Blair (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 30.9.2015 (AS)
BRB celebrate 25 years of Ballet in Birmingham with a ravishing Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 28.9.2015. (GR)
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Miriam Fried and Vivian Fung Celebrate a Changeover in the Vancouver Symphony
Canada Berlioz, Beethoven, Fung, Strauss: Miriam Fried (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 26.9.2015 (GN)
A Provocative, Talented Sextet Turns the Curious into Fans
United States Andres, Reich, Hearne, Coleman, Dessner: eighth blackbird, Presented by Cincinnati Chamber Music, Corbett Auditorium, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 29.9.2015 (RDA)