United Kingdom Schumann, Chopin Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.3.2015 (CC)
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Familiar Music Performed with Freshness and Evident Joy
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann & Mendelssohn: Gloria Campaner (piano), English Chamber Orchestra/ Daisuke Muranaka (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London 18.3.2015 (CS)
An Evening of Collaborations between Choreographers, Filmmakers, Singers and Dancers
United Kingdom Various composers, Wild Card: Tim Casson – Casson & Friends, Sadler’s Wells (Lilian Baylis Studio), London, 18.03.2015 (J.O’D)
Fine Staging and Performance of The Rake’s Progress
United Kingdom Stravinsky, The Rake’s Progress: Soloists, Royal Academy Opera Chorus, Royal Academy Sinfonia, Jane Glover (conductor). Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 16.3.2015 (MB)
Fussy, Over-Embellished Designs Spoil Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Soloists, corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Boris Gruzin (conductor). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and relayed to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 17.3.2015. (JPr)
(c) Alice Pennefather
Disciplined and Focused Performances by Olga Vinokur and the Martinů Quartet
United Kingdom Janáček, Schumann, Shostakovich: Olga Vinokur (piano), Martinů Quartet (Lubomír Havlák and Libor Kaňka [violins], Zbyněk Padourek [viola], Jitka Vlašánková [cello]), King’s Place, London, 15.3.2015 (CS)
The LSO Celebrate Michael Tilson Thomas at Seventy
United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich, Sibelius. Yuja Wang (piano), Philip Cobb (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.3.2015 (RB)
Crowd-Pleasing Mahler Performance Not Quite What the Composer Intended
Mendelssohn, Mozart. Mahler: Sunwook Kim (piano), Philharmonia / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.3.2015 (GD)