United Kingdom Berio/Montsalvatge: Jette Parker Young Artists, Southbank Sinfonia/Michele Gamba (Berio), Paul Wingfield (Montsalvatge). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.10.2013
Colin Clarke
Sensuality and Beauty in ENO’s Madama Butterfly
United Kingdom Puccini Madama Butterfly (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gianluca Marciano. London Coliseum, 15.10.2013 (CC)
Jan Lisiecki in Impressive Form at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Paderewski, Bach, Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 29.9.2013 (CC)
Daniil Trifonov Doesn’t Quite Live up to Expectations
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, Schumann Daniil Trifonov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.10.2013 (CC)
Revelatory Accounts of Indian Music at the London Darbar Festival
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)
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)