United Kingdom Handel/Halvorsen, Liszt, Schubert/Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Schwertsik, Brahms: Esther Yoo (violin), Narek Haknazaryan (cello), Zhang Zuo (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham,14.7.2016. (RJ)
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Bevan, Loges and Kynoch Offer a Sumptious Seasonal Spread
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Fauré, Richard Strauss, Peter Cornelius, Wolf: Mary Bevan (soprano), Stephan Loges (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 13.7.2016. (RJ)
Plenty of Fireworks at Barokksolistene’s Festive Concert
United Kingdom Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi, Rebel, J.S. Bach, Handel: Davina Clarke (violin), Avi Avital (mandolin), Barokksolistene with guest musicians from the UK / Bjarte Eike (violin/director) with pyrotechnics by Matthew Tosh, Cheltenham Music Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 10.7.2016. (RJ)
A Fiery Dove Premiere Performed by the Amazing Melvyn Tan
United Kingdom Beethoven, Dove, Liszt: Melvyn Tan (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 9.7.2016. (RJ)
A Significant Howells Premiere in Gloucester
United Kingdom Cheltenham Music Festival, Vaughan Williams, Gurney, Britten, Howells,. Guy Johnston (cello): Nicholas Morton (baritone); Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra/Martin André (conductor); Mark Biggins (assistant conductor). Gloucester Cathedral, 9.7.2016. (JQ)
Arthur Bliss Society Recital Champions Little Known British Piano Repertoire
United Kingdom Britten, Stevenson, Holst. Venables, Bliss: Maria Marchant (oiano), St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham, 9.7.2016. (RJ)
Lindberg and Pöntinen Present a Concerto Premiere and New View of Mussorgsky’s Pictures
United Kingdom Lindberg, Schumann, Stravinsky, Albéniz, Mussorgsky: Christian Lindberg (trombone), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2016. (RJ)
A Deeply Moving Personal Commemoration of the Great War
United Kingdom Cheltenham Festival – From your ever-loving son, Jack: Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), Cheltenham Ladies College, Parabola Arts Centre, 7.7.2016. (JQ)