United Kingdom Haydn, The Creation: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Schola Cantorum Oxford, Adam Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.1.2013 (GDn)
London
Another Fine Performance from Hymel in Met’s Les Troyens
United Kingdom Met Live in HD 2012/13, Berlioz, Les Troyens: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conductor Fabio Luisi; production by Francesca Zambello, directed for live cinema by Barbara Willis Sweete) and broadcast to the Barbican Cinema, London, 5.1.2013. (JPr)
Wolf Lieder at Wigmore Hall: A Mixed Experience
United Kingdom Wolf: Anglelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.1.2013 (MB)
Mr. Handel Disgruntled at Wigmore
Wigmore Hall, December 7th,
United Kingdom Louis de Bernières’ Mr. Handel: Louis de Bernières, Brook Street Band, Wigmore Hall, London, 7.12.2012 (JFL)
A New Year Visit to Seventeenth-Century Venice
United Kingdom ‘Echoes of Venice’: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Matthew Wadsworth (theorbo). Wigmore Hall, London, 3.1.2013 (MB)
Hymel is Devilishly Good in Lead Role in Meyerbeer’s Robert
United Kingdom Meyerbeer, Robert le Diable: Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Daniel Oren (conductor). 18.12.2012
Harold in Italy – but Without His Orchestra!
United Kingdom Weber, Berlioz, and Brahms: Gérard Caussé (viola), Michel Dalberto (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2012 (MB)
Daniil Trifonov Dazzles in Prokofiev
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Scriabin: Daniil Trifonov (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 13.12.2012 (RB)