Spain Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa, Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Andrea Marcon (conductor), Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, 19.4.2015 (JMI)
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Humour in Music: Haydn, Shostakovich, Dvořák
Italy Haydn, Shostakovich, Dvořák. Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Yuri Temirkanov Martha Argerich (piano) Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet). Sala Santa Cecilia Rome. 11.04.2015 (JB)
New Bowden Oratorio Fails to Match a Superb Performance of The Planets
Holst, Mark Bowden: Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor),. St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 18.4.2015 (PCG)
Sense of Drama and a Bohemian Lilt to Czech Philharmonic’s Dvořák
United Kingdom Smetana, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Dvořák: Josef Špaček (violin), Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.4.2015 (SRT)
Mystery Affliction Affects Violetta – Twice
Switzerland Verdi: La Traviata Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, conductor: Marco Armiliato, Zurich Opera, Zurich. 18.4.15 (JR)
A Misguided Visual Pantomime Impairs Enjoyment of the NYPO’s Petrushka
United Kingdom Debussy, Bartók and Stravinsky: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 19.4.2015 (AS)
Pina Bausch’s 1984 Ballet Observes the Human Condition
United Kingdom Various composers, Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain a Cry was Heard), Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.4.2013 (J.O’D)
Giving the Public the Music They Want 18th Century Style
United Kingdom JC Bach, Pergolesi, Arne, Haydn: Augusta Hebbert (soprano), Andrew Ridley (counter-tenor), Julian Perkins (harpsichord), Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), The Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, 18.4.2015 (PRB)
