United Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013. (PH)
Cheltenham
Royal Holloway Alumna and Choir Celebrate Britten and Poulenc
United Kingdom Britten, Pitts, Plakidis, Michael Berkeley, Poulenc, Gabriel Jackson: Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 12.7.2013 (JQ)
The Tallis Scholars in Tewkesbury Abbey: An Unforgettable Experience
United Kingdom Tallis, Palestrina, Allegri, Whitacre, Pärt, Byrd: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Tewkesbury Abbey, 10.7.2013 (JQ)
Welsh Musicians Première New Works at Cheltenham
United Kingdom Roxanna Panufnik, David Matthews, Wagner, Beethoven: Anthony Marwood (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7.7.2013. (RJ)
Back to the Nursery with Christianne Stotijn
United Kingdom Schubert, Britten, Mussorgsky: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2013. (RJ)
Sarah Gabriel Pours Out Her Heart over the Phone
United Kingdom Poulenc, La Voix Humaine: Sarah Gabriel (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano). Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013.
Contrasting Works by Two Composer Brothers
United Kingdom Schumann, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Fauré: The Schubert Ensemble [William Howard (piano), Simon Blendis (violin), Jane Salmon (cello), Douglas Paterson (viola)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013 (RJ)
Atmospheric Sawer Première at Cheltenham Music Festival
United Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)