United Kingdom Sixtieth birthday concert for Irvine Arditti: Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.10.2013 (MB)
London
Uncertainty and Delays Affect Performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Hindson, E=mc2; Walton, Tombeaux; Jeffes, ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Paul Murphy (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.10.2013 (JO’D)
Bernard Haitink and the LSO: Masterly in Mozart and Shostakovich
United Kingdom Mozart and Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.10.2013 (MB)
Sensuality and Beauty in ENO’s Madama Butterfly
United Kingdom Puccini Madama Butterfly (sung in English): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gianluca Marciano. London Coliseum, 15.10.2013 (CC)
Recitals at Sea with the Hartmanns
Saint-Saëns, Scarlatti, Liszt, Khachaturian, Bach, Offenbach, Mozart, Chopin, Schubert: Béla & Julia Hartmann (piano), MV Balmoral Cruise, 29.9.2013, 2.10.2013.
Wagner’s Jews: A Fascinating Perspective on Wagner’s Attitude to the Jews
United Kingdom Wagner’s Jews – a documentary, produced, directed and written by Hilan Warshaw in co-production with WDR/ARTE: Barbican Cinema, London 13.10.2013. (JPr)
Bernard Haitink and Orchestra Mozart in Beethoven: Fine Musicianship but Few Risks Taken
United Kingdom Beethoven: Maria João Pires (piano), Orchestra Mozart, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.10.2013 (MB)
Transylvanian Dance Encounters in Jack the Ripper’s Haunts
United Kingdom Various Composers, Dracula: Mark Bruce Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 11.10.2013. (JO’D)