United Kingdom Benda, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Godard, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Piazzolla. Dmitri Kogan (violin) Moscow Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London. 30.3.2015 (LB)
Leon Bosch
Chroma Chamber Ensemble Celebrates American Song
United Kingdom Copland, Barber, Gershwin, Meyer/O’Connor, et al. Crooked Still, Krauss & Union Station. Chroma Chamber Ensemble [David Le Page (violin), Clare O’Connell (cello), Elena Hull (double bass) Joseph Padfield (baritone).] The Greene Room, Kings Arms, Berkhamsted, 29.3.2015 (LB)
Uplifting Lunchtime Beethoven from the Signum String Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven. Signum String Quartet [Kerstin Dill & Annette Walther (violins), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Thomas Schmitz (cello)] Wigmore Hall, London. 2.3.2015. (LB)
An Enthralling London Appearance by the Korean Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Elgar, Schnittke, Piazzolla, Schubert. Ksenia Kogan (piano), Soyoung Yoon (violin) John Malkovich (narrator) Korean Chamber Orchestra, Ralf Gothóni (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. 23.2.2015 (LB)
An Excellent New Violin Concerto Unveiled in London
United Kingdom Mozart, Fribbins, Ravel, Saint-Saëns: Philippe Graffin (violin), English Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London. 17.2.2015. (LB)
Exemplary Performances from the Primrose Piano Quartet
United Kingdom Schumann, Anthony Payne, Brahms. Primrose Piano Quartet [Susanne Stanzeleit (violin), Dorothea Vogel (viola), Andrew Fuller (cello), John Thwaites (piano)] Hall One, Kings Place, London. 15.2.2015. (LB)
Exceptional Chamber Music from the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
United Kingdom Nielsen, Berwald, Schubert. Berlin Philharmonic Octet [Daishin Kashimoto (violin), Romano Tommasini (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Christoph Ingelbrink (cello), Esko Laine (double bass), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Stefan Dohr (horn), Mor Biron (bassoon).] Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 13.2.2015 (LB)
A Rewarding and Enterprising Recital by Fenella Humphreys and Nicola Eimer
United Kingdom Sibelius, Nielsen, Frances-Hoad, Taylor, Nicolson, Powers, Knotts. Fenella Humphreys (violin), Nicola Eimer (piano) Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. 4.2.2015 (LB)