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)
Three Choirs Festival
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)
Hurdy-Gurdy Volodos
Italy Brahms Schubert, Arcadi Volodos piano). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome 13.05.2015 (JB)
Striking Virtuousity in Znaider’s Performance Of Sibelius’ Violin Concerto
Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2015 – Albert Schnelzer, Sibelius, Berlioz: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 15.5.2015. (MC) Albert Schnelzer: ‘Tales from Suburbia’ Sibelius: Violin Concerto Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique It was frustrating having to choose between this Semperoper performance and another simultaneously timed festival concert at the Frauenkirche … Read more
Heartfelt Senegalese Kora Music plus an Amuse-Bouche of Welsh Song
United Kingdom Seckou Keita (kora), Gwyneth Glyn (guitar and voice), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 14. 5.2015 (LJ).
Sex-Appeal Trumps Subtlety in Tania Pérez-Salas’s Ex-Stasis and Made in Mexico
United States Tania Pérez-Salas, Passion in Dance: Ex Stasis, Made in Mexico (Macho Man), Compañía De Danza, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 15.5.15-17.5.15 (JRo)
Stunning Liszt from Kirill Gerstein
United Kingdom Bartók, Bach, Liszt. Kirill Gerstein (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 14.5.2015 (RB)
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates Fifty Years on Stage
United States Brossé, Beethoven, and Barber: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Alan Morrison (organ), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.5.2015 (BJ)