United States Here and Now: Labor Day Festival: Soloists, Mark Peskanov (director and violin), Bargemusic, New York City. 4.9.2015 (BH)
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The Navarra Quartet: Not Wholly Convincing in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Navarra Quartet (Magnus Johnston & Marije Johnston [violins], Simone van der Giessen [viola], Brian O’Kane [cello]), King’s Place, London, 13.9.2015 (CS)
Vivid Poulenc Interpretation from Anna Caterina Antonacci
United Kingdom Poulenc: Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Donald Sulzen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1 4.9.2015 (MB)
All the Fun of the Last Night of the Proms
(c) Chris Christodoulou
United Kingdom Prom 76, Last Night of the Proms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Danielle de Niese (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 12.9.2015 (RB)
Lucerne Festival (7) – Swiss Mightily Impressed by Rattle’s Gerontius
Switzerland Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Proms Youth Choir, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne 13.9.2014 (JR)
Puccini’s Magnificent Score Shines Through in Deutsche Oper’s Tired-looking Turandot
Puccini, Turandot : Soloists, Orchester and Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Alexander Joel (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin 12.9.2015. (MC)
Franz Schmidt’s Second Symphony in a Proms Debut from Bychkov and the VPO
United Kingdom Prom 73 – Brahms and Schmidt: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2015 (MB)
A Life-Affirming Secret Garden
United States The Secret Garden: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH. 11.9.2015 (RDA)
