United Kingdom Messiaen:Members of the London Sinfonietta (Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Alexandra Wood (violin), Oliver Coates (cello), John Constable (piano), Hall One, Kings Place, London, 21.2.2014 (MB)
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Ritualistic Chinese Dance Piece Moves from Pessimism to Optimism
United Kingdom Lin Hwai-Min, Nine Songs: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 21.02.2014 (JO’D)
Pollini Demonstrates his Virtuosity, Assuredness and Assertiveness
United Kingdom Chopin, Debussy: Maurizio Pollini, Royal Festival Hall, London, 8.2.2014 (GPu)
Britten/Auden Opera Proves to be Excellent Ensemble Piece
United Kingdom Britten Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Philip Sunderland. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.02.2014 (CC)
Marti Webb Returns to London’s West End with Songs and Letters Home
United Kingdom Don Black and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tell Me on a Sunday: Marti Webb and musicians. Duchess Theatre, London. 18.2.2014. (JPr)
A Marvellous Recital from the Charismatic Yuja Wang
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Chopin, Kapustin, Stravinsky, Yuja Wang (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2014 (CC)
Great Conducting and Vocal Fireworks in Covent Garden’s Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production: designs by Sally Jacobs. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 17.2.2014. (JPr)
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Three More Diverse Dance Pieces at The Place
United Kingdom Simpson, Reinhardt, The Cinematic Orchestra, Resolution! 2014: The Sob in the Spine; You wave your dusty hands hello; Pace, Naomi Reynolds Dance, Mansoor Ali and Ellen Johansson, B-Hybrid Dance, The Place, London, 14.2.2014 (JO’D)
