United Kingdom Parry, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walford Davies: BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, 24.5.2013
Rob Barnett
British Composers Well Served in Macclesfield
United Kingdom Ireland, Bantock, Elgar: Miranda Westcott (mezzo-soprano) King Edward Music Society Choir and Orchestra Ian Chesworth; Anthony Houghton (conductors). St Michael and All Angels Church, Macclesfield, 10.11.2012 (RB)
A Gaze Cooper Celebration in Nottingham
United Kingdom Walter Gaze Cooper: Philip Collin (piano), Hilary Olleson (oboe), Chris Harris and James Hogg (violins), Anna Maguire (viola), Anthony Desbrulais (cello), St Peter’s Church, Nottingham, 26.10.12 (RB)
Blackburn Remembers Ireland’s Idealistic Vision from the 1930s
United Kingdom Elgar Walton Vaughan Williams: Mark Rowlinson (baritone) The Appeal Choir of Blackburn Cathedral, The Choir of Stonyhurst College, Northern Chamber Orchestra/Samuel Hudson. Blackburn Cathedral, 13.10.2012 (RB)
Pleas for Peace in Manchester Cathedral
United Kingdom Arnold, Vaughan Williams: Jo Rondel (mezzo), Robert O’Connell (baritone), Cheshire Sinfonia and Chorale / Peter Stallworthy (conductor), Third Manchester Peace Festival, Manchester Cathedral, 29.9.2012 (RB)