United Kingdom Haydn, Britten: Brentano String Quartet [Mark Steinberg, Serena Canin (violins), Misha Amory (viola), Nina Lee (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 7.3.2016 (CC)
London
Ave Maya– Ballet Stars Pay Handsome Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya
United Kingdom Various Composers, Ave Maya – Ballet Gala in memory of Maya Plisetskaya: Dancers and English Ballet Philharmonic / Valery Ovsyanikov (conductor). London Coliseum, 6.3.2016. (JPr)
Maya Plisetskaya at her 85th birthday gala
A Full House for English Touring Opera’s Excellent Iphigénie en Tauride
United Kingdom Gluck, Iphigénie en Tauride: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of English Touring Opera, Martin André (conductor), Hackney Empire, London, 5.3.2016 (MB)
Benjamin Appl Excels Again in Schubert
United Kingdom Schubert: Benjamin Appl (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.3.2016 (MB)
John Powell’s A Prussian Requiem Marks the World War I Centenary
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Elgar, John Powell: Jennifer Pike (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello), Javier Camarena (tenor), Ashley Riches (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra/José Serebrier (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.3.2016 (CS)
Strength in Depth in Puccini’s Triple Bill at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Puccini, Il trittico: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: Renato Balsadonna), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 29.3.2016 (MB)
(c) Bill Cooper
An Impressive, Wide-Ranging Recital by Paul Appleby and Malcolm Martineau
United Kingdom Franz Paul Lachner, Schumann, Wolf, Bridge, Berlioz, Villa-Lobos: Paul Appleby (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.3.2016. (RB)
Another Highly Enterprising Programme from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Zemlinsky, Szymanowski: Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrzej Dobber (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra,/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 5.3.2016. (AS)