United Kingdom Mark-Anthony Turnage, Greek: Music Theatre Wales: Michael Rafferty, conductor. Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 1.10.2013 (PCG)
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Revel Horwood’s Fiddler on the Roof leaves a warm glow
Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof: Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 1.10.2013. (SRT) Cast: Tevye – Paul Michael Glaser Golde – Karen Mann Tzeitel – Emily O’Keefe Hodel – Liz Singleton Chave – Claire Petzal Yente, the mathmaker – Liz Kitchen Motel, the tailor – Jon Trenchard Perchik, the student – Steven Bor Lazar, the butcher – … Read more
Sumptuous Singing from Ruth Ann Swenson
United States Composers from Bellini to Lehár: Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Weill Hall, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 29.9.2013 (HS)
Exciting Young Principal Conductor-In-the-Waiting
Switzerland Ravel, Schumann and Bartok: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Martin Helmchen (piano), Lionel Bringuier, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 30.9.2103 (JR)
Vladimir Jurowski Leads a Superb Peter Grimes in London
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.9.2013. (JPr)
Nikolai Lugansky and the LSO: Only Superlatives Suffice.
United Kingdom Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: London Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Lugansky, Gianandrea Noseda, Barbican Hall, London, 29.9. 2013 (GDn)
Juanjo Mena and BBC Phil Deliver a Stunning Elgar Performance
Anthony Burgess, Brahms, Elgar: Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 28.9.2013. (MC)