Gilbert & Sullivan. The Pirates of Penzance: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / David Parry (conductor), Coliseum, London, 9.5.2015. (CC)
London
Performers Combine Medieval Song with Contemporary Dance
United Kingdom Various 13th Century Composers, d’avant: Sasha Waltz & Guests, Southbank Centre, London, 6.5.2015 (JO’D)
Isabelle Faust Plays Brahms with Staggering Insight and Clarity
United Kingdom Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Isabelle Faust, (violin). London Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 7.5.2015. (GD)
Vasily Petrenko’s Bleak but Compelling Vision of Mahler’s Tenth
United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Till Fellner (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2015. (JPr)
Barbara Hannigan’s “Songs of Vienna”: An Enjoyable and Interesting Evening
United Kingdom Berg, Chausson, Mahler, Schoenberg, Johann Strauss, Richard Strauss: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Jacqueline Shave (violin), Miranda Dale (violin), Clare Finnimore (viola), Iain Farrington (piano and harmonium), Mark Knoop (piano), Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music, London, 7.5.2015 (AS)
Dorothea Röschmann and Dame Mitsuko Uchida: An Exceptional Partnership
United Kingdom Schumann and Berg: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 5.5.2015 (MB)
Ex-Bolshoi Dancer Osipova Triumphs in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée
United Kingdom Ferdinand Hérold (arr. John Lanchbery), La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Relayed from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to Empire Cinema, Basildon, 5.5.2015. (JPr)
The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists Return to Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Monteverdi, Schubert, Brahms. Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Peter Davoren (tenor), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.5.2015 (RB)