United Kingdom Berio/Montsalvatge: Jette Parker Young Artists, Southbank Sinfonia/Michele Gamba (Berio), Paul Wingfield (Montsalvatge). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.10.2013
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Dramatic Flow and Thematic Unity in Third Recital of Goethe Settings
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 4 – Schubert, Wolf. Sophie Bevan (soprano), John Chest (baritone), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2013
Sir Willard Heads Gala Evening of Song
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 3 – Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Berlioz, Duparc, Quilter, Spirituals: Sylvia Kevorkian (soprano), Sir Willard White (bass-baritone), Eugene Asti (piano): St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 15.10.2013 (CR)
Irvine Arditti’s Sixtieth Birthday Celebrated in Challenging and Stimulating Style
United Kingdom Sixtieth birthday concert for Irvine Arditti: Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.10.2013 (MB)
Carlos Acosta’s Quest For The Don Quixote Of His Dreams
United Kingdom Minkus (arr. Martin Yates), Don Quixote: Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor). Broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex. 16.10.2013. (JPr)
Trevor Pinnock Takes His Listeners on a Remarkable Musical Journey
United Kingdom Cabezon, Byrd, Tallis, Bull, D. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 04.10.13 (GPu)Gergiev, Mariinsky—and a Speed-Demon Pianist
United States Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff: Denis Matsuev (piano), Timur Martynov (trumpet), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 11/15.10.2013 (BH)
A Jazz Pianist Who Revels in the Art of Making Music
United States Jon Batiste and Stay Human: Jon Batiste (piano and Harmonaboard), Eddie Barbash (saxophone and washboard), Ibanda Ruhumbika (tuba and trombone), Joe Saylor (drums and tambourine), Barry Stephenson (electric and acoustic bass), Jamison Ross (drums and percussion), Zankel Hall, New York City. 12.10.2013 (BH)