United States Purcell: Les Violons du Roi, La Chapelle de Québec, Richard Egarr (conductor), Stern/Perelman Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 12.4.2015 (SSM)
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Il Turco in Italia Revival Provides Plenty of Laughs at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Rossini, Il turco in Italia: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Covent Garden, London 11.4.2015 (JPr)
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A Recital in Which the Sun Had Truly Shone.
United Kingdom Beethoven, Finzi, Brahms, Debussy and Saint-Saëns: Lorraine McAslan (violin), Victor Sangiorgio (piano), King’s Place, London 12.4.2015 (CS)
Noseda’s Faust Symphony Lives Up to Its Initial Promise
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Liszt: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.4.2015. (GD)
A Remarkable and Virtuosic Performance of Elgar’s Violin Concerto from Pinchas Zukerman
United Kingdom Beethoven, Elgar: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Christoph Koenig (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10.4.2015 (MC)
Rebirth of Tippett’s The Ice Break in a Birmingham Warehouse
United Kingdom Tippett, The Ice Break: Soloists, Birmingham Opera Company, Local Chorus of 106 – Jonathan Laird (Chorus Master), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), The B12 Warehouse, Birmingham, 8.4.2015 (GR).
A Colourful Programme from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
United Kingdom Grainger, Unsuk Chin and Bartók: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.4.2015 (AS)
World Premiere of Emily Koh’s Jia[k] – Evoking a Foodie Paradise in Sound
Koh, Bartok, Liszt, Schubert: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor), Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, 04.10.2015 (RP)