United Kingdom Luis de Briceño: Le Poème Harmonique/Vincent Dumestre (conductor, guitar), Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano), Mira Glodeanu (violin), Lucas Peres (viol), Françoise Enock (violone), Marie Bournisien (harp), Thomas Boysen (guitar), Thor-Harald Johnsen (guitar), Joël Grare (percussion)
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The London Chamber Orchestra Salute Shakespeare – and Walton
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Walton: Bertrand Chamayou (piano); Simon Harrison (narrator); London Chamber Orchestra; Choir of Royal Holloway; Choristers of New College Oxford/Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 20.10.2016. (RB)
Barrie Kosky Brings Madcap Mayhem to The Nose at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Shostakovich, The Nose: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Ingo Metzmacher. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 20.10.2016. (JPr)
ENO’s Theatrical Les pêcheurs de perles is Exposed to the Elements
United Kingdom Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles): (sung in English, with surtitles): Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera / Roland Böer.(conductor), London Coliseum, 19.10.2016. (CC)
Love and Passion for Dance is Revealed in a Fast-and-Furious Fire in the Ballroom
United Kingdom Various composers, Burn the Floor’s Fire in the Ballroom: Dancers, Mikee Introna & Jessica Lingotti (vocalists), Will Fry (percussion), Marc Aliana (lead guitar), Miki Santamaria (bass guitar) & Pat Madden (percussion); Peta Roby & Jason Gilkison (directors and choreographers), Peacock Theatre, London, 19.10.2016. (JPr)
Covent Garden’s New Così fan tutte Fails to Offer Fresh Insights
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Directed for the cinema by Jonathan Haswell and broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 17.10.2016. (JPr)
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Jurowski and the LPO Stunning in Henze’s Seventh Symphony
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Henze: Thomas Zehetmair (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.10.2016. (CC)
An Uneven Concert of Schubert and Mahler
United Kingdom Schubert and Mahler: Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.10.2016. (MB)