United Kingdom DARBAR 2013: Transposed Rhythm and the Saraswati Veena Bernhard Shimplesberger (cajun/drums); Sukhad Munde (pakhawaj); Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena); Patri Satish Kumar (mridangham); R. N. Prakash (ghatam). Purcell Room, London 19.9.2013 (CC)
Colin Clarke
Uniko: A Disappointing Work that Fails to Gel
United Kingdom Pohjonen/Kosminen Uniko The Kronos Quartet (David Carrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), Sunny Yong (cello)); Kimmo Pohjonen (accordion/voice); Samuli Kosminen (sampler). Barbican Hall, London 18.09.2013 (CC)
PROM 60: Elemental Terror in Sir Andrew’s Billy Budd
United Kingdom Prom 60. Britten, Billy Budd: (semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London, 27.8.2013 (CC)
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Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
PROM 48: Matthias Pintscher as Composer and Conductor
United Kingdom PROM 48: Ravel, Pintscher, Stravinsky: Tine Thing Helseth, Marco Blaauw (trumpets); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.8.2013 (CC)
PROM 42: The Bournemouth Symphony’s Rather Inconsistent Prom
United Kingdom PROM 42 Janáček, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Sunwook Kim (piano); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2013 (CC)
PROM 41: Gergiev and the LSO: A Memorable Proms Experience
United Kingdom PROM 41 Borodin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Daniil Trifonov (piano); London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2013 (CC)
PROM 39: New Sitar Concerto Fails to Unite East and West
United Kingdom PROM 39: Holst, Nishat Khan, Vaughan Williams Nishat Khan (sitar); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Atherton (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2013 (CC)
and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms
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PROMS 29: Tannhäuser: Far From Perfect but Notably Enjoyable
United Kingdom Prom 29 Wagner Tannhäuser (semi-staged performance, sung in German). Soloists, Concert Association of the Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2013 (CC)