United Kingdom Joyce DiDonato: Stella di Napoli: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 25.9.2014. (JPr)
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The Berlioz Project: A Chorister’s View of the Philharmonia’s 2014/15 Season Opener
United Kingdom The Berlioz Project: A Chorister’s View of the Philharmonia’s 2014/15 Season Opener:
Intriguing Choreography in Mats Ek’s Juliet & Romeo
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky et al, Juliet & Romeo: Soloists and corps de ballet of the Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet Orchestra / Alexander Polianichko – conductor (recorded), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.9.2014. (JPr)
PROM (76): Sakari Oramo Applies the Fin(n)ishing Touches to the 2014 BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 76 – Last Night Of The Proms 2014: Janine Jansen (violin), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Ruthie Henshall (vocalist), John Daszak (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.9.2014. (JPr)
Much to Admire in Cuarteto Casals’ Wigmore Hall Recital
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn: Cuarteto Casals [Vera Martínez Mahner & Meesun Hong Coleman (violins), Jonathan Brown (viola), Arnau Tomàs (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 22.9.2014 (CS)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Bach: Very Much More Than the Sum of its Parts
United Kingdom Bach: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2014 (MB)
Elements Fail to Coalesce in INALA Despite Interaction
United Kingdom Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Spira, INALA (a Zulu Ballet): Sisters Grimm, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.9.2014 (J.O’D)
Two New Pieces and A Reworking from BalletBoyz
United Kingdom Raime, Greenwood, Glass, BalletBoyz: theTALENT: BalletBoyz®, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 17.9.2014 (J.O’D)
