United Kingdom Bruckner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Ádám Fischer (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2024. (CK)
Bruckner under a bright sun: Ádám Fischer and the OAE perform the Fifth Symphony
Chris Kettle
‘Phenomenal Women’: a classic Chineke! musical feast
United Kingdom Alberga, A Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Price: Meera Maharaj (flute), Myfanwy Price (oboe), Stephanie Yim (clarinet), Daria Phillips (bassoon), Nivanthi Karunaratne (horn), Chineke! Orchestra / Tatiana Pėrez (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 9.10.2024. (CK)
The Corvedale Festival 2024’s unforgettable final weekend
United Kingdom Corvedale Festival 2024 [3] – Opera Gala: Oksana Lepska (soprano), Samantha Lewis (mezzo-soprano), James Beddoe (tenor), Sam Young (baritone), Alex Postlethwaite, David Joyce (violins), Jane Park (viola), Ruth Henley (cello), Elizabeth Jones (double bass), Anna Kondrashina (flute), Damla Tuncer (oboe), Emily Newman (bassoon), Stien de Neef (harp), Bedwyn Lloyd Phillips (conductor). St Michael’s Church, Munslow, 27.9.2024. (CK)
A diverse and rewarding bill of fare at the ongoing Corvedale Festival
United Kingdom Corvedale Festival 2024 [2] – Various: Edge Chamber Choir (director: Ros Crouch), Joely Koos (cello), Wind players from Chetham’s School of Music (principal: Tom Redmond), Anna Kondrashina (flute). Corvedale Churches, 22 to 26.9.2024. (CK)
Superlative music-making at the Corvedale Festival
United Kingdom Corvedale Festival 2024 [1] – Various: Jarualda Quartet: (Alex Postlethwaite, David Joyce [violins], Jane Park [viola], Ruth Henley [cello]), Roelof Temmingh (piano); Magdalenna Krstevska (clarinet), Hamish Brown (piano), Cristian de Sá (violin), John Lenehan (piano). St. Michael’s Church, Munslow & St. Peter’s Church, Diddlebury, 20 & 21.9.2024. (CK)
Chineke! shows its versatility in a BBC Prom of two halves
United Kingdom PROM 66 – Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Tyzik, Goodyear, Tchaikovsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Chineke! Orchestra / Andrew Grams (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2024. (CK)
Caught between beauty and horror: a great Mahler Sixth at the Proms from Simon Rattle and the BRSO
United Kingdom PROM 62 – Mahler: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2024. (CK)
A blazing Glagolitic Mass from Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic at the Proms
United Kingdom PROM 50 – Kaprálová, Dvořák, Janáček: Mao Fujita (piano), Corinne Winters (soprano), Bella Adamova (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Pavel Švingr (bass), Christian Schmitt (organ), Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2024. (CK)
