United Kingdom The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor). Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 22.3.2014 (CR)
Three Choirs Festival
An Important MacMillan Première Opens the RSNO Season
United Kingdom Britten, MacMillan, Holst: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Ladies of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.10.2013 (SRT)
The Bargee’s Wife Closes the Three Choirs Festival Impressively
United Kingdom John O’Hara The Bargee’s Wife: Community Opera: Soloists, Opera Chorus, Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, John O’Hara (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 4.8.2013 (RD)
An Excellent, Moving Gerontius at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Wagner, Elgar: Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass-baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 3.8.2013 (JQ)
High Drama and Great Singing in Belshazzar’s Feast
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Walton: Njabulo Madlala (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 2.8.2013 (RJ)
Gloucester Commemorates Hindemith Anniversary with Das Marienleben
Hindemith: Das Marienleben: Der-Shin Hwang (soprano), James D’Angelo (piano), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 31.7.2013 (RD) The composition of Paul Hindemith’s song cycle Das Marienleben exercised the composer for a quarter of a century. Perhaps the times influenced his take on it. He began it in 1923 in a cash-strapped but optimistic Weimar … Read more
A Heart-Warming Evening in the Gloucester Wigwam
United Kingdom Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hye-Youn Lee (soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Benedict Nelson (bass), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Nardone (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 1.8.2013 (JQ)
From Spotted Snakes to Salad Days with Bowman and Bott
United Kingdom Purcell, Handel, Linley, Britten, Mendelssohn, Elgar, Gershwin et al: Catherine Bott (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Jonathan Cohen (piano), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 2.8.2013 (RJ)