United Kingdom Schumann and Beethoven: Baiba Skride (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.11.2012 (MB)
Mark Berry
Francesco Piemontesi: Persuasive in Debussy
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and Debussy: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.11.2012 (MB)
Oliver Knussen’s Sixtieth Birthday Celebrated in Style
United Kingdom Total Immersion – Oliver Knussen at 60: Soloists, Guildhall New Music Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Baker, Oliver Knussen (conductors). Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Barbican Hall, London, 4.11.2012 (MB)
The Arditti Quartet in a Typically Testing Programme
United Kingdom Clarke, Abrahamsen, Saunders, Rihm: Arditti Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 31.10.2012 (MB)
Holzmair and Cooper: Enthralling in Mahler
United Kingdom Mahler: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.10.2012 (MB)
EXAUDI’s Tenth Birthday Celebration Looks Forward, Not Back
United Kingdom The EXAUDI Italian Madrigal Book – A Tenth Birthday Celebration:EXAUDI, James Weeks (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.10.2012 (MB)
Intriguing Elgar from Vasily Petrenko
United Kingdom Beethoven and Elgar: Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 18.10.2012 (MB)
Gripping Production of The Lighthouse from English Touring Opera
United Kingdom Peter Maxwell Davies, The Lighthouse: Soloists, Aurora Orchestra, Richard Baker (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 11.10.2012 (MB)