United Kingdom ‘Vienna Revisited’ – Schoenberg and Berg: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alice Privett (soprano), Chad Vindin (piano), Members of the Aurora Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, 18. and 20.9.2014 (MB)
London
Nicolas Hodges’ Fascinating Recital Offers Much More than the Sum of its Parts
United Kingdom Debussy, Birtwistle, and Mozart-Busoni: Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.9.2014 (MB)
ENO’s Season Starts Off Well with New Otello
United Kingdom Verdi, Otello: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Edward Gardner (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 16.9.14. (JPr)
London Celebrates Gluck’s Tercentenary – Though Not in an Opera House
United Kingdom Gluck, Il Parnoso confuso, and Ferdinando Bertoni, Orfeo: Soloists, CHROMA, Thomas Blunt (conductor). St John’s Smith Square, London, 16.9.2014 (MB)
PROM 73: Extraordinary Mahler Performance from Gilbert and Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom BBC Prom 73 – Mahler: Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Leipzig Opera and Gewandhaus Choir (women’s voices), Leipzig Gewandhaus Children’s Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2014. (JPr)
PROM 72: Striking Celebration of English Music from Vaughan Williams to Birtwistle
United Kingdom Prom 72 – Vaughan Williams, Birtwistle, Walton: Lise Berthaud (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.9.2014 (CS)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Exody for orchestra (1997)
Walton: Viola Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 in F minor
PROM 69: Widman Premiere Work Evokes Ghosts of Expressionist Past
United Kingdom Prom 69 – Brahms and Widmann: Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2014 (MB)
PROM 70: Celebrating Maxwell Davies’ 80th Birthday
United Kingdom BBC Prom 70 – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Dmitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Robert Jordan (bagpipes), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Ben Gernon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2014 (MB)
