Beethoven, Missa Solemnis: San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Ain Anger (bass), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.6.2011 (HS)
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Kathryn Stott and Lancashire Sinfonietta uplift and entertain St.Anne’s on Sea
Beethoven, Mozart, Piazzolla, Mozart: Kathryn Stott (piano), Lancashire Sinfonietta,/Bradley Creswick (director). United Reformed Church, St. Annes on Sea, Lancashire, 25.6.2011 (MC)
Orff and Rossini in Birmingham Royal Ballet Double Bill
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Rossini’s Allegri diversi: Ballet Double Bill to choreography of David Bintley performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet, featuring Principal Dancers – Victoria Marr, Ambra Vallo, Nao Sakuma, Jamie Bond, Iain Mackay and Alexander Campbell, together with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (Conductor) plus singers and soloists from Ex Cathedra under Jeffrey Skidmore (Artistic Director) Birmingham Hippodrome, 22. 6. 2011. (GR)
John Wilson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra trip the Light Fantastic
Sullivan, German, Coates, Haydn Wood, Farnon, Warner, Ellis, Armstrong Gibbs, Angela Morley, Ernest Tomlinson : John Wilson, conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.6.2011 (CG)
Frozen Music: Vivaldi from Garsington Opera at Wormsley
Vivaldi, La verità in cimento: Soloists, The Garsington Opera Orchestra, Laurence Cummings (conductor) The Wormsley Estate 23.6.2011 (BK)
Saint-Nazaire’s Consonances Festival delights London audience
Brahms, Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Debussy: Philippe Graffin (violin), Truls Mørk (violoncello), Juliette Hurel (flute), Chen Halevi (clarinet), Stephen Kovacevich (piano, crotales), Claire Désert and Marisa Gupta (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.6.2011 (MB)
BBC NOW rounds off season with Fauré, Dutilleux and Ravel
Fauré, Dutilleux, Ravel: Olivier Charlier (violin), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 24.6.2011 (GPu)
Nico Muhly’s ‘Two Boys’ at English National Opera
Nico Muhly, Two Boys (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Rumon Gamba (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 24.6.2011 (MB)