United Kingdom Mozart, Dvořák, Wagner, Beethoven: George Ewart (violin), Cheltenham Chamber Orchestra / Alissa Firsova (conductor), St Andrew’s Church, Cheltenham, 8.2.2014. (RJ)
Cheltenham
Classical Favourites Receive a Makeover in Cheltenham
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 1.2.2014. (RJ)
Fine Performances from Brautigam, Bakels and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Ronald Brautigam (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kees Bakels (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.1.2013. (RJ)
A Programme of Contrasts from the Jacquin Trio.
United Kingdom Rowland-Jones, Woolrich, Colin Matthews, Cashian, Kurtág, Larsen, Dean: The Jacquin Trio, Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.11.2013. (RJ)
A Rewarding Performance from The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Holst, Elgar, Brahms: Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Garry Walker (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.10.2013. (RJ)
Holst Connections Abound in Concert of English Music
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Holst, Elgar, Arnold, Bliss: Paulina Voices /Heidi Pegler (conductor); St Paul’s Girls’ School Chamber Orchestra / Leigh O’Hara (conductor); Flowers Band / Paul Holland (conductor); All Saints’ Church, Cheltenham, 21.9.2013 (RJ)
English Music Festival Ventures Westwards
United Kingdom Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Howells: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 20.9.2013 (RJ)
More New Music at Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom Marton Illés, Rajzok IV for string quintet: Signum Quartet [Kerstin Dill (violin), Annette Walther (violin), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Thomas Schmitz (cello)], Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013. (RJ)
Charlie Barber, Michelangelo – Drawing Blood: Sound Affairs, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013 (RJ)
Michael Zev Gordon, The Gleam of Hidden Skies, Toby Spence (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 14.7.2013 (RJ)