United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Panufnik and Miaskovsky: Bartholomew Lafollette (cello), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffmann (conductor), Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Old Street, London, 31.1.2013. (RB)
Rob Barnett
Centenary Composer Features in Memorable Remembrance Sunday Concert
United Kingdom Lloyd, R Strauss, Shostakovich: Anna Gorbachyova (soprano), Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra / John Gibbons (conductor), Assembly Hall, Worthing, 10.11.2013. (RB)
A Classy and Successful Revival of George Lloyd’s First Opera.
United Kingdom George Lloyd, Iernin (a Celtic Opera in Three Acts to a libretto by William A.C. Lloyd): Surrey Opera / Jonathan Butcher (conductor), Alexander Hargreaves (director), Trinity School Concert Hall/Theatre, Croydon, 24.10.2013 (RB)
Suffragette Opera Receives its World Premiere
United Kingdom Tim Benjamin, Emily:Singers and Orchestra conducted by Antony Brannick, Hippodrome Theatre, Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. 4.07.2013. (RB)
Contrasting Styles from a Choir and a Brass Quintet
United Kingdom Under the Greenwood Tree: Altèri Chamber Choir/David Jones (conductor), The Metropolitan Brass Quintet, St Mary’s Church, Lymm, Cheshire, 30.6.2013
Celebrating George Lloyd’s Centenary with an Epic
United Kingdom Elgar, Vaughan Williams, George Lloyd: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Philharmonia Britannica/Peter Fender (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 8.6.2013. (RB)
English Pastoral Mainstream in EMF Recital
United Kingdom Howells, Delius, Brian, Darke, Britten: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, 25.5.2013 (RB)
Rarely Heard Bantock and Alwyn from London Chamber Strings
United Kingdom Holst, Bantock, Alwyn, Finzi, Ireland, Britten: London Chamber Strings / Bjorn Bantock (conductor), English Music Festival, Silk Hall, Radley College, Oxfordshire, 25.5.2013 (RB)