United Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)
Roger Jones
Eight Seasons in One Concert
United Kingdom Vivaldi, Piazzolla: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Yuri Zhislin, Carmine Lauri, Natalia Lomeiko, Oxford Philomusica, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.6.2013. (RJ)
Impressive Britten War Requiem in Birmingham
United Kingdom Britten, War Requiem: Erin Wall (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone), CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 28.5.2013. (RJ)
Eight Premieres Show English Music in Excellent Health
United Kingdom Blackford, Lane, Wright, Carr, Lewis, Palmer, David Matthews, Norris: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Orchestra of St Paul’s / Ben Palmer (conductor), English Music Festival, Dorchester Abbey, 27.5.2013 (RJ)
Italian Polychoral Splendour in the Cotswolds
United Kingdom Viadana, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Palestrina: Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Nicholas Hurndall Smith and Matthew Long (tenors), Charles Gibbs (bass), I Fagiolini, The English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth (director), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 12.5.2013. (RJ)
Brilliant Baroque in Chipping Campden
United Kingdom Corelli, Albinoni, Handel, Pergolesi: Anthony Robson (oboe), Gillian Keith (soprano), Owen Willetts (counter-tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Devine (conductor, harpsichord, organ), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 5.5.2013 (RJ)
Enthralling Performances from Karabits and Lewis
Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12.4.2013. (RJ)
Vienna Festival Ballet Entrances with Sleeping Beauty
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Dancers and Orchestra (recorded) of Vienna Festival Ballet, Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 16.3.2013. (RJ)