United Kingdom Bach, Schubert, Holst, Beethoven: The Bochmann Trio [Michael Bochmann (violin), Carol Hubel-Allen (viola), David Powell (‘cello)], Thirlestaine Gallery, Cheltenham, 28.10.2016. (RJ)
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A brooding Alcina at Longborough
United Kingdom Handel, Alcina: Longborough Festival Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor) Longborough, 30.7.2016. (RJ)
The Three Choirs and Philharmonia Celebrate Mozart’s Musical Legacy
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (14) – Mozart: Emma Johnson (clarinet)*, Alexandra Hutton (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), John Savournin (bass), Three Cathedral Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra / Simon Halsey (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Cathedral, Gloucester, 28.7.2016. (RJ)
Stylish Rodolfus Choir Perform some Special Arrangements
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (12) – Jackson, Mahler, Puccini, Tavener, Barber, Bach, Palestrina, Debussy, Chapman, Recknell, Allegri, Pärt, Howells: The Rodolfus Choir / Ralph Allwood (conductor), St Peter’s Church, Gloucester, 28.7.2016. (RJ)
Farnsworth Pays Fulsome Tribute to Composers with Gloucestershire Connections
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (9) – Gurney, Matthew Martin, Finzi: Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), James Baillieu (piano), St Barnabas’ Church, Tuffley, Gloucester, 27.7.2016. (RJ)
Three Centuries of Music Making in Gloucester
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (8) – Okeover, Purcell, Handel, Greene, Bliss, Kodály, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Finzi and others: Vicki Field (soprano), Quentin Letts (narrator), Philip Vaughan (organist), Ensemble Sine Nomine/Sebastian Field (conductor), St Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester, 27.7.2016. (RJ)
Carducci Discern Link between Ravel and Howells
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (6) – Howells, Ravel, Schubert: Carducci Quartet [Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming (violins), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)]. St Barnabas’ Church, Tuffley, Gloucester, 26.7.2016. (RJ)
Stile Antico Explore How Secular Tunes Inspired Liturgical Music
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival (5) – Anon, Dufay, Monteverdi/Coppini, Clemens non Papa, Josquin, Taverner, Morales. Gombert, Lassus: Stile Antico, Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral. 25.7.2016. (RJ)