Mozart and Beethoven: David Fray (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 20.7.2011 (MB)
London
A variable recital of Russian cello pieces from Chaushian and Sudbin
Borodin, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Rachmaninov: Alexander Chaushian (cello), Evgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 21.7.2011 (GDn)
Prom 7 – Some distinguished Schubert playing at the first late-night Prom.
Schubert: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher, Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztof Chorleski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (violoncello)), Valentin Erben (violoncello). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2011 (MB)
Prom 6 – The Capuçon brothers impress for the second night running
Weber, Brahms, and Stravinsky: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (violoncello), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2011 (MB)
Prom 5 – Messiaen, Dusapin and Beethoven with the Capuçons and Frank Braley
Prom 5 – Messiaen, Dusapin, and Beethoven: Frank Braley (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (violoncello), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7.2011 (MB)
The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance
Veneziana , Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Summer Performance: Rodula Gaitanou (director), Simon Bennison (lighting design), Mandy Demetriou (choreographer), Soloists, Orchestra of Royal Opera House; Paul Wynne Griffiths, Volker Krafft and Geoffrey Paterson (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 17.7.2011 (JPr)
Prom 4 – Christopher Gunning, who sang in the very first performance, revisits Havergal Brian’s ‘Gothic’ Symphony
Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, ‘The Gothic’ : Susan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), CBSO Youth Chorus, Eltham College Boys’ Choir, Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs, Bach Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Brighton Festival Chorus, Côr Caerdydd, Huddersfield Choral Society, London Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 17.7.2011 (CG)
Prom 2 – William Tell provides a great ‘Second Night’
Rossini, William Tell (Guillaume Tell) (Concert Performance) : Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome; Antonio Pappano. Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.7.2011. (JPr)