United Kingdom Grieg, Delius, Vaughan Williams: Guy Braunstein (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 21.2.2015 (MC)
Storgårds and Braunstein Champion Delius and Vaughan Williams
Michael Cookson
RLPO’s Attractive Programme Pulls in a Large Audience
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Borodin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Elgar, Tchaikovsky & Arturo Márquez: Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Manuel López-Gómez (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 13.1.2015. (MC)
Colourful, Fast-Moving Coppélia from Siberian Ballet Company
United Kingdom Léo Delibes, Coppélia: Russian State Ballet and Orchestra of Siberia/Alexander Yudasin (conductor) – Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 9.1.2015
Freshness and Beautiful Phrasing from Manze in Beethoven’s Pastoral
United Kingdom Walton, George Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven: James Clark (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Guild Hall, City of Preston, Sunday 7.12. 2014 (MC)
Excellent Performances from Valentine and Cresswell in The Bartered Bride
United Kingdom Smetana, The Bartered Bride (comic opera in three acts): Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North/James Holmes (conductor), Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford, 19.11.2014 (MC)
Sung in English – English translation by Leonard Hancock and David Pountney with dialogue by Daniel Slater
Storgårds Impresses in His Elgar, Nielsen and Walton Interpretrations
United Kingdom Elgar, Nielsen & Walton: Alina Pogostkina (violin), David Soar (baritone), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester,, 8.11.2014 (MC)
(c) Heikki Tuuli
Savagery, Menace and Sardonic Jubilance in Shostakovich’s Tenth
United Kingdom Liadov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Leticia Moreno (violin), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.11.2014 (MC)
Exciting Shostakovich Performance from Mullova and Elder
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Ravel: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Hallé, Hallé Choir/Sir Mark Elder, (conductor) Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Thursday 9.10.2014 (MC)