United Kingdom Elgar, Finzi, Holst, Suk, Dvořák: Wells Virtuosi / Matthew Souter (conductor), Pittville Pump Room. Cheltenham, 3.3.2016. (RJ)
Cheltenham
Scintillating Celebration of Contemporary Clarinet Music from James Noble and Simon Callaghan
United Kingdom Roxburgh, Ireland, Anderson, Finzi, Gregson, Poulenc: James Noble (clarinet), Simon Callaghan (piano), Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts, Prince Michael Hall, Cheltenham, 16.2.2016. (RJ)
Gilchrist, Rameau and Clérambault Explore the Sorrows of Love
United Kingdom Marais, Rameau, Couperin, Clérambault: James Gilchrist (tenor), Ben Samsom (violin), Imogen Seth-Smith (Viola da gamba), Warwick Cole (harpsichord), Holy Apostles’ Church, Cheltenham, 6.2.2016. (RJ)
Two Tragic Heroines Receive a Great Musical Send-Off
United Kingdom Carissimi, Purcell: Hannah Davey (soprano), Francesca Romana Saracino (mezzo-soprano), William Morgan, Julien Van Mallaerts (baritone), Cheltenham Bach Choir, The Corelli Orchestra / David Crown (conductor), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 24.10.2015. (RJ)
England and France Meet in a Double Musical Celebration
Holst, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Ravel: The Bridge Quartet [Colin Twigg, Catherine Schofield (violins), Michael Schofield (viola), Lucy Wilding (cello)], All Saints’ Church, Cheltenham, 26.9.2015. (RJ)
French Connections in Gloucestershire: Satie, Messiaen, Joan of Arc
United Kingdom Meurig Bowen, Erik Satie – Memoirs of a Pear Shaped Life; David Bamber (actor), Anne Lovett (piano), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 2.7.2015 (RJ)
Messiaen, Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus (selection) : Cordelia Williams (piano), Michael Symmons Roberts (reciter), Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury , 8.7.2015. (RJ)
Carl Theodor Dreyer, The Passion of Joan of Arc: The Orlando Consort [Matthew Venner, Mark Dobell, Angus Smith, Donald Greig, Robert MacDonald], Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, 8.7.2015. (RJ)
Keeping Up with a New Generation of Musicians in Cheltenham
Schubert, Mulsant, Dvořák: Armida Quartet [Martin Funda and Johanna Staemmler (violins), Teresea Schwamm (viola), Peter-Philipp Staemmler (cello)], Lise Berthaud (viola), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2014.(RJ)
Ruth Ellis and Stephen Ward Live Again in the World of Opera
United Kingdom Charlotte Bray, Thomas Hyde, Chamber Opera Double Bill: Soloists, Nova Music Ensemble /George Vass (conductor), Richard Williams (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham. 6.7.2015. (RJ)