United Kingdom Janáček, Mozart, and Beethoven: Ensemble 360. Wigmore Hall, London, 3.2.2018. (MB)
Mark Berry
Widmann and the Hagen Quartet Penetrate to the Heart of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.
United Kingdom Webern, Widmann, and Mozart: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen (violin), Rainer Schmidt (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello)), Jörg Widmann (clarinet). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2018. (MB)
An Outstanding Exploration of Debussy by François-Xavier Roth and the LSO
United Kingdom Debussy: Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 25.1.2018. (MB)
Quatuor Diotima Offer a ‘Shock of the New’ in Szymanowski, Saunders and Schubert
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Rebecca Saunders, and Schubert: Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti (violins), Franck Chevalier (viola), Pierre Morlet (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (MB)
Musical Excellence from the Modigliani Quartet at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Haydn and Brahms: Modigliani Quartet (Amaury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio (violins), Laurent Marfaing (viola), François Kieffer (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.1.2018. (MB)
British Premiere of the Composite Genesis Suite from Rattle and the LSO
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Shilkret, Tansman, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Toch, and Bartók: London Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.1.2018. (MB)
(c) Mark Allan/LSO
Solo and Ensemble Excellence in Deutsche Oper’s La bohème
Germany Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Christian Lindhorst) and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper (chorus master: Thomas Richter), Berlin, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin / Nicholas Carter (conductor). Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 29.12.2017. (MB)
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