United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Fauré and Rubinstein: Joseph Moog (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 12.4. 2015 (GN)
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Life and Art Overlap in Diana Vishneva’s Dancing
Simon Thompson in Conversation with Fergus Linehan, New Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, April 2015
Simon Thompson in Conversation with Fergus Linehan, New Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, April 2015 2015 sees a new director in charge of the Edinburgh International Festival. Jonathan Mills, who was director from 2007 to 2014, steps down to pursue other things. His replacement, Fergus Linehan, began his career working in the … Read more
A Drama of Extremes: La Damnation de Faust in Berlin
Berlioz: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Charles Castronovo (tenor, Faust) Joyce DiDanato (mezzo-soprano, Marguerite), Ludovic Tézier (bass Méphistophélès), Florian Boesch (bass, Brander), Simon Halsey (chorus director), Berlin Philharmonikier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonie, 10.04.15 (HR) Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Not quite an opera and not quite a pure concert work, Hector Berlioz’s La Damnation … Read more
Interview with Pianist Nelson Goerner
Life-affirming Nielsen from Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia
Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen, Martin Helmchen (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 12.4.2014 (RB)
Tansy Davies Brings Twin Towers Catastrophe to the Stage
Vänskä’s LSO Concert Links Works by Pärt, Britten and Shostakovich
United States Pärt, Britten, Shostakovich: Gil Shaham (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Barbican Hall, London. (GD)


