United Kingdom Prom 10. Stravinsky, Beethoven, Schoenberg. Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), BBC Singers, David Hill (chorus-master/conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London. 24.7.2015 (LB)
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A Wonderful Start to Leif Ove Andsnes’ Proms Survey of the Beethoven Concertos
United Kingdom Prom 9 – Beethoven and Stravinsky: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano, director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2015. (MB)
‘The Play’s the Thing’: Shakespeare and Mendelssohn Combine to Excellent Effect
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2015 – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with incidental music by Felix Mendelssohn: Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Anna Sideris (soprano), Catherine Backhouse (mezzo-soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22.7.2015 (JPr)
Pinchas Zukerman Commemorates the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
United Kingdom Bach, Bruch, Brahms. Diana Adamyan (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, (conductor/violin), Cadogan Hall, London. 21.7.2015 (LB)
Igor Levit’s Virtuosity Serves Cardew and Rzewski Compellingly
United Kingdom Cardew and Rzewski: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.7.2015 (MB)
An Attractive Prom from Thomas Søndergård and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
United Kingdom Prom 6. Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn, Mozart: James O’Donnell (organ), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.7.2015 (AS)
Andris Nelsons’ Bids Farewell to the CBSO at the Proms
United Kingdom PROM 4: Woolrich, Beethoven Margaret Cookhorn (contra-bassoon); Lucy Crowe (sop); Gerhild Rimberger (mezzo); Pavel Černoch (tenor); Kostas Smoriginas (bass-bar); CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2015 (CC)
Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou
Plácido Domingo’s Operalia – A Flawed Competition but with the Correct Result
Plácido Domingo’s 2015 Operalia: Finalists, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Plácido Domingo (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 19.7.2015. (JPr)
