United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky Nikolai Lugansky (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.11.2014 (RB)
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Dvořák Comes to Wessex in Lively Guildhall Production of The Cunning Peasant
United Kingdom Dvořák, The Cunning Peasant (Šelma Sedlák): Soloists and Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Dancers of the Central School of Ballet, Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Barbican, London, 5.11.2014 (CS)
Landmark Women’s Strike Recalled in New British Musical
United Kingdom Bean, Arnold, Thomas, Made in Dagenham: Made in Dagenham Company, Tom Deering (music director), Adelphi Theatre, London, 6.11.2014. (JPr)
Elder’s Vision of Les Martyrs Gels Magnificently with OAE and Opera Rara
United Kingdom Donizetti :Les Martyrs (concert performance): Soloists, Opera Rara Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 4.11.2014 (CC)
The Belcea String Quartet Explore the Viennese Chamber Music Tradition
United Kingdom Mozart, Berg and Brahms: The Belcea String Quartet [Corina Belcea & Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztiof Chorzelski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 4.11.2014 (CS)
Renaud Capuçon Launches his Beethoven Sonata Cycle Impressively
United Kingdom Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Frank Braley (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 6.11.2014 (MB)
Fine Concert Performance of Boris Godunov from Mariinsky Opera
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov: Mariinsky Opera, Tiffin Boys Choir / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican, London, 3.11.2014. (RB)
Russian Concert Upstaged by Soloist’s Encore
United Kingdom Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin),. Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakob Hrusa (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2014 (GD)