United Kingdom Reversed Fortunes, music by Bach and Telemann: Academy of Ancient Music / Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 7.12.2017. (CC)
London
The London Sinfonietta Celebrates Karlheinz Stockhausen
United Kingdom Stockhausen: London Sinfonietta and Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble / Pascal Rophé (conductor). Sound Intermedia; Sophie Motley (stage director); Tony Simpson (lighting designer); Jonathan Berman (assistant conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.12.2017. (CC)
Meticulous and Mellifluous Brahms from Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt
United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lars Vogt (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 5.12.2017. (CS)
Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker Returns to the Royal Ballet so it is Officially Christmas
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (choreography by Peter Wright): Soloists, corps de ballet, London Oratory Junior Choir, The Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Broadcast to Cineworld Basildon from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. 5.12.2017. (JPr)
Michieletto’s Cav & Pag for Royal Opera is wonderfully revived, cast, sung and conducted
United Kingdom Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana & Leoncavallo, Pagliacci: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2.12.2017. (JPr)
L’Arpeggiata Reveal the Inventiveness of the Baroque
United Kingdom Luigi Rossi, Maurizio Cazzati and Lorenzo Allegri, L’Arpeggiata: L’Arpeggiata ensemble / Christina Pluhar (director), Wigmore Hall, London 1.12.2017. (VV)
Keegan-Dolan’s Swan Lake/Loch na hEala Fails to Transcend or Redeem
Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Swan Lake/Loch na hEala: Sadler’s Wells, London, 30.11.2017. (J.O’D)
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Dolce Duello: Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta Save the Best for Last at the Barbican
United Kingdom Various composers, Cecilia Bartoli & Sol Gabetta: Dolce Duello: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta / Andrés Gabetta (concertmaster). Barbican Hall, London, 1/12/2017. (JPr)
