United Kingdom Steve Reich at Seventy-Five: Steve Reich (percussion), Neil Percy (percussion), Synergy Vocals, London Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.10.2011 (CG)
London
Les Arts Florissants Explore Madrigals by Monteverdi and His Contemporaries
United Kingdom Monteverdi, Vecchi, Ingegneri, and Marenzio: Les Arts Florissants (Miriam Allan (soprano), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Marie Gautrot (contralto), Paul Agnew (tenor/director), Sean Clayton (tenor), Lisandro Abadie (bass), Union Chapel,London, 13.10.2011 (MB)
This concert was produced by the Barbican as part of its Classical Music Season
Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in London: Magnificent in Mozart and Bruckner
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.10.2011 (MB)
Pieces of the Eighth as Maazel Ends His 2011 London Mahler Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler: Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Sally Matthews (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone) and Stephen Gadd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus,BBC Symphony Chorus, Boys of the Eton College Chapel Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 9.10.2011. (JPr)
Liszt Discovery Day at the Wigmore Hall: Rather a Missed Opportunity
United Kingdom Liszt Discovery Day: Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin), Joris van den Berg (cello), Tristan Lee, Coady Green, Leslie Howard, Bobby Chen (piano),BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor). Wigmore Hall,London. 8.10.2011 (MB)
Steven Osborne in an Exciting Recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Steven Osborne (Piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 5.10.2011 (RB)
Leo Nucci Excels As Germont In Covent Garden’s La Traviata
United Kingdom Verdi La traviata (Cast 1): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor), 3.10.2011 (CC)
Bewildering Marriage of Figaro by the ENO
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor). Coliseum, London, 5.10.2011 (MB)