United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (3), Wagner, Messiaen. Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Steven Osborne (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes-martenot), Philharmonia Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 26.7.2015 (JQ)
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Passion, Jealousy and Deceit in Handel’s Xerxes at Longborough
United Kingdom Handel: Xerxes (Serse): Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists and Orchestra / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Longborough, 25.7.2015. (RJ)
An Argentine Cav And Pag
Argentina Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 17.7.2015. (JSJ)
The Three Choirs Festival’s Gerontius Tradition Upheld in a Worthy Manner.
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (2). Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Lewis (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 25.7.2015 (JQ)
Roderick Williams’ Fine and Imaginative Recital at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (1) Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allen (piano), Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 25.7.2015 (JQ)
The Choral Fantasy is the Unexpected Star in the ‘Beethoven Journey’ at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 10. Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schoenberg. Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), BBC Singers, David Hill (chorus-master/conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.7.2015 (LB)
Orchestre des Continents – Young Musicians from 26 Countries and 5 Continents
Singapore Jarrell, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev Orchestre des Continents, Louis Schwizgebel (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 22.07.2014 (RP)
The Soul of Uto Ughi
United Kingdom Rossini, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Bizet / Sarasate, Ravel. Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Conductor, George Pehlivanian, Uto Ughi (violin). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica Rome 23.07.2015. (JB)