United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus and CBSO Youth Chorus/Edward Gardner (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham Thursday 13.2 2014.
Birmingham
American Choir Joins English Concert in Impressive Theodora
United Kingdom Handel, Theodora: Soloists, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 6.2.2014. (RD)
A Splendid Vaughan Williams Evening in Birmingham
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Laurence Jackson (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 5.2.2014 (JQ)
Superb Strauss and Prokofiev from Nelsons and the CBSO
United Kingdom Strauss, Prokofiev, Erin Wall (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.1.2014 (JQ)
‘The Dude’ Takes Birmingham by Storm – But Did He Get Beneath the Surface of Mahler? *
United Kingdom Mahler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.11.2013 (JQ)
Mendelssohn Look-Alike Gives Crisp Account of his Second Piano Concerto
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Martin Helmchen (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 24.10.2013 (CM)
Uplifting Mendelssohn from Gardner and the CBSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Baiba Skrida (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 19.10.2013. (RD)
Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty in great hands (and legs) with BRB
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 10.10.2013 (GR).