United Kingdom Takemitsu, Ligeti: Adam Walker (flute), Ilya Gringolts (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London 28.11.2013 (GDn)
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Ticciati Completes his Schumann Cycle with Distinction and Intelligence
United Kingdom Schumann, Brahms: Alina Pogostkina (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.11.2013 (SRT)
From Scotland to Socrates: Contemporary Dance Group Reaches into the Past
United Kingdom Beethoven, Weber, Satie: Mark Morris Dance Group, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.11.2013 (JO’D)
An Inspirational Conductor Does Verdi Proud on his Bicentenary.
United Kingdom Verdi Bicentenary Concert: The Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, The Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 25.11.2013
Wagner and Schubert: Strange Bedfellows?
United Kingdom Schubert and Wagner: Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 28.11.2013. (JPr)
Otello in Bordeaux Pleases in Many Ways
France Verdi: Otello, Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chorus Opera Bordeaux, Julia Jones (conductor), Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, 24.11.2013 (JMI)
With Fewer Production Vagaries Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux Blazes Forth
United Kingdom Gaetano Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: (sung in Italian with surtitles in English and Welsh) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (on tour), Christian Capocaccia (conductor), Venue Cymru (North Wales Theatre), Llandudno, 22.11.2013 (RJF)
Sensitive, Thrilling Verdi Requiem
United States Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Joyce El-Khouri (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), René Barbara (tenor), Jordan Bisch (bass), Seattle Symphony Chorale (Joseph Crnko, director), Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.11.2013 (BJ)