United Kingdom Alfred Brendel Lecture – Schubert’s Last Sonatas: Wigmore Hall, London, 7.1.2017. (CC)
Alfred Brendel Dispenses the Wisdom of a Lifetime’s Immersion in Schubert’s Music
Colin Clarke
Trevor Pinnock’s 70th Birthday Concert
United Kingdom Bach, Handel, Mahler: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director/conductor), Katy Bircher (flute), Rachel Podger (violin), Bojan Čičić (violin), Jane Rogers (viola), Jonathan Manson (cello), Peter McCarthy (violone), Lauryna Bendžiūnaite (soprano), Royal Academy of Music Alumni Ensemble. Wigmore Hall, 16.12.2016. (CC)
A Magical ‘Swansong’ from Sir John Tomlinson
United Kingdom Schubert: Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Christopher Glynn (piano). Wigmore Hall, 11.12.2016. (CC)
Under the Baton of John Adams the LSO Perform Bartók, Stravinsky, and Adams – with Mixed Results
United Kingdom Bartók, Stravinsky, Adams: Leila Josefowitz (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / John Adams. Barbican Hall, 8.12. 2016. (CC)
Farnes’s Conducting and Rachvelishvili’s Azucena Make This Revival Worthwhile
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Farnes. The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 4.12.2016. (CC)
Royal Opera’s Manon Lescaut Benefits from Pappano’s Masterly Conducting
United Kingdom Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 22.11.2016. (CC)
Ashkenazy and the Phihlarmonia: A Potent Partnership
United Kingdom Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Alice Sara Ott (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.11.2016. (CC)
Hartmann’s 30 Years War Opera Simplicius Simplicissimus Has Echoes of Nazi Germany
United Kingdom Hartmann, Simplicius Simplicissimus (sung in English translation by David Pountney): Soloists, Britten Sinfonia / Timothy Redmond (conductor), Lillian Baylis Theatre at Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.11.2016. (CC)
