United Kingdom Prom35: Maxwell Davies, Walton, Sibelius: James Ehnes (violin), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2014 (RB)
Rob Barnett
The Immortal Hour Celebrates its Centenary above a Pub
United Kingdom Rutland Boughton, The Immortal Hour: Soloists and Instrumental Ensemble / Inga Davis-Rutter (conductor), Finborough Theatre, London, 11.08.2014 (RB)
Credit Finborough Theatre
PROM 10: A Colourful English Prom from the BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena
United Kingdom PROM 10. Walton, Moeran, Horne, Elgar: Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.7.2014 (RB)
Tosca Overlooking the Atlantic not the Tiber
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Singers, Chorus and Orchestra of Surrey Opera / Jonathan Butcher (conductor), Minack Theatre, on the cliffs at Porthcurno, Cornwall, 14.7.2014. (RB).
A Welcome Reminder of Forgotten Romantics at the English Music Festival
United Kingdom English Music Festival 2014 – Day 2, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
The English Music Festival 2014 Launched Auspiciously
United Kingdom English Music Festival 2014 – Day 1, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 23.5.2014. (RB)
Schmidt’s Luxuriant Second Symphony: A Rare Bird at the Royal Academy
United Kingdom Schmidt, Academy Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Duke’s Hall Royal Academy of Music, London, 28.3.2014 (RB)
Steely-Slatey Sibelius in Yorkshire’s Calder Valley
United Kingdom Brahms, Strauss, Sibelius: Hannah Morgan (oboe), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor), Town Hall, Todmorden, 15.3.2014