United Kingdom Britten, Mozart, Holst: Huw Watkins and Tom Poster (pianos), Gustav Holst Birthday Concert, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 21.9.2014. (RJ)
Cheltenham
International A Capella Ensemble Passes Out with Flying Colours
United Kingdom Morley, Bennet, Byrd, Reger, Bruckner and others: International A Capella School Concert / Stephen Connolly (director), Cheltenham Minster St Mary’s, Cheltenham, 25.7.2014. (RJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival: Festival Concludes on a High Note with Two Iconic Works
Blackford, Holst: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Savitri Singers / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12.7.2014. (RJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival: Marian Motets and Duruflé Requiem Find Sympathetic Acoustic
United Kingdom Tallis, Victoria, Palestrina, Parsons, Weir, Kendall, Andrew, Tabakova, Tavener Duruflé: Esther Brazil (mezzo sporano), Nicholas Morton (baritone), Choir of Merton College Oxford, St Cecilia Singers, Oriel Singers, Guy Johnston (cello), Carleton Etherington (organ) / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor), Gloucester Cathedral, 8.7.2014.
Cheltenham Music Festival: Getting to Know a New Generation of Musicians
United Kingdom Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák,Gossek, A Panufnik, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Debussy, Bacevicz: BBC New Generation Artists, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8-10.7.2014 9 (RJ0)
Cheltenham Music Festival: An Eruption of New Music at Cheltenham
United Kingdom Andrzej Panufnik, Roxanna Panufnik: Brodsky Quartet, Pittville Pump Room, 5.7.2014 (RJ)
Graham Fitkin, Michael Zev Gordon, Tom Stewart, Piers Hellawell, Arlene Sierra, Gavin Higgins: Fidelio Trio, Pittville Pump Room, 5.7.2014 (RJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival: Compelling New Music Drama Inspired by Japanese Prints
United Kingdom Nicola Lefanu, Tokaido Road (world premiere): Soloists, Okeanos / Dominic Wheeler (conductor), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 6.7.2014.
Cheltenham Music Festival 2014: Benedetti & Co Take Spa Town by Storm
United Kingdom Beethoven, Triple Concerto in C, Op 56: Benedetti/Elschenbroich/Grynyuk Trio, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 2.7.2014
Brahms, Arlene Sierra, Shostakovich: Benedetti/Elschenbroich /Grynyuk Trio, Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (viola), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 3.7.2014.