Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro : Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Willis (conductor). Opera Holland Park, 10.7.2011 (MB)
Mark Berry
The Arensky Chamber Orchestra play both versions of Verklärte Nacht
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht: Arensky Chamber Orchestra, Stephanie Gonley (director). Cadogan Hall, London. 8.7.2011 (MB)
BBC Young Generation Artist Piemontese impresses with Debussy and Schumann
City of London Festival 2011 – Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). St Mary Abchurch, London, 6.7.2011 (MB)
Saint-Nazaire’s Consonances Festival delights London audience
Brahms, Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Debussy: Philippe Graffin (violin), Truls Mørk (violoncello), Juliette Hurel (flute), Chen Halevi (clarinet), Stephen Kovacevich (piano, crotales), Claire Désert and Marisa Gupta (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.6.2011 (MB)
Nico Muhly’s ‘Two Boys’ at English National Opera
Nico Muhly, Two Boys (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Rumon Gamba (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 24.6.2011 (MB)
Haitink works his magic on Ravel and Mendelssohn
Ravel and Mendelssohn: Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (narrator), Eltham College Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.6.2011 (MB)
Britten well served by revival of Decker’s Peter Grimes
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.6.2011. (MB)
Haphazard Götterdämmerung fails to light up Paris
Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 18.6.2011 (MB)