United Kingdom Bach, Roth: Grace Davidson & Amy Wood (sopranos), Matthew Venner (alto), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Greg Skidmore (bass),Ex CathedraChoir & Baroque Orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore. Birmingham Town Hall, 12. 10, 2012 (JQ)
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Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos Reaches London
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey: Samuel West (speaker), CBSO Chorus, London Voices, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor), Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.10.2012 (CG)
Seduction, Heartache and Passion from Danielle de Niese
United Kingdom Grieg, Wolf, Poulenc, Bizet and Dowland: Danielle de Niese (soprano) with Julius Drake (piano), Town Hall, Birmingham, 30.9.2012 (GR)
Opposites Attract in Birmingham Royal Ballet Triple Bill
United Kingdom Opposites Attract: A triple bill of dance comprising Take Five (music/The Dave Brubeck Quartet; choreography/David Bintley) Lyric Pieces (music/Edvard Grieg; choreography/Jessica Lang) and Grosse Fuge (music/Beethoven; choreography/Hans Van Manen): Artists of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.9.2012. (GR)
Nelsons’ Electrifying Season Opener in Birmingham
United Kingdom Strauss, Mahler: Sarah Fox (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.9.2012 (JQ)
Tumultuous, Technicolour Turangalîla in Birmingham
United Kingdom Varèse, Muhly, Messiaen: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1.8.2012 (JQ)
Weltethos: Far from Festival Fare
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey, Weltethos: Samuel West (speaker), CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner & Michael Seal (conductors). Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 21.6.2012 (JQ)
Simon Rattle a Welcome Guest at Symphony Hall’s Birthday Party
United Kingdom Brahms, Webern, Schumann: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 16.6.2012 (JQ)