United Kingdom Handel: Il Pomo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 10.11.2015 (CS)
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Lumbering Ravel and a Plodding Eroica from the Israel Philharmonic
United Kingdom Bardanashvili, Ravel, Beethoven: Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 8.11.2015 (HS)
Three Days, Three Thought-Provoking Concerts
United States Mozart, Wernick, and Debussy: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society–Juilliard String Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.11.2015 (BJ)
Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K. 465
Wernick: String Quartet No. 9 (world premiere, PCMS commission)
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Despite High Musical Values Calixto Bieito does not Feel The Force at the London Coliseum
United Kingdom Verdi, The Force of Destiny: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). London Coliseum, London. 9.11.2015. (JPr)
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The Chilingirian Quartet Start to Commemorate the UK’s First Bartók Quartet Cycle
United Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian & Ronald Birks [violin], Susie Méráros [viola], Stephen Orton [cello]), Kings Place, London, 8.11.2015. (CS)
Musicality and Spirit from Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch in Vancouver
Canada Beethoven, Arensky, Rachmaninoff, Brahms: Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch (Hagai Shaham, violin, Arnon Erez, piano, Raphael Wallfisch, cello), Vancouver Playhouse, 3.11.2015. (GN)
Tetzlaff Demonstrates Fire and Ice in Lindberg’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Sibelius & Magnus Lindberg: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.11.2015. (MC)
St John’s Smith Square Unveils its 30th Christmas Festival
St John’s Smith Square Unveils its 30th Christmas Festival The St John’s Smith Square 30th Christmas Festival has now flourished into a series of 14 concerts running from 11-23 December under the artistic directorship of Stephen Layton. The great British choral tradition continues to influence the programming, with The Choir of King’s College London returning to … Read more