United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1862/67): Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, Chetham’s Chamber Choir, Ad Solem – University of Manchester Chamber Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Members of the Hallé Youth Orchestra and Chetham’s Sinfonia / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Jamie Phillips (assistant conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10.2.13 (MC)
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EU Chamber Orchestra Create Satisfying Glow
United Kingdom Grieg , Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Haydn: Freddy Kempf (piano), European Union Chamber Orchestra/Hans-Peter Hofmann (director), Westmorland Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, 2.2.2013 (MC)
Spain Meets Hollywood in BBC Philharmonic Concert
United Kingdom Knussen, Korngold, Turina, Falla: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 26.1.2013 (MC)
Stunning RLPO Concert Lifts Post-Christmas Blues
United Kingdom Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 20.1.2013 (MC)
Complete Beethoven Trios and Quartets Off to a Great Start
United Kingdom Beethoven: Henschel String Quartet, RNCM Chamber Music Festival 2013,Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 11.1.2013 (MC)
From Purcell to Tavener with Lancashire Sinfonietta
United Kingdom Handel, Tavener, J. S. Bach, Purcell, Pärt, Telemann: Caroline MacPhie (soprano), Sarah Brandwood Spencer (violin), Tim Barber (trumpet), Ed Cervenka (bell), Lancashire Sinfonietta/Andrew Watkinson (violin/conductor), United Reformed Church, St. Anne’s-on-Sea, Lancashire, 15.12.12 (MC)
Manchester Camerata Warms Up a Cold Night
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Mayo, Mozart, Elgar, Haydn: Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Ingrid Fliter (piano), Hannah Roberts (cello ) – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester – 24.11. 2012 (MC)
Golden Sonorities from BBC Phil’s Brass in Bruckner’s Ninth
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Bruckner: Julia Doyle (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.11.2012. (MC)