United Kingdom Nielsen, Mahler, Nielsen: Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.5.2015 (MC)
Storgårds Gives Impressive Readings of Nielsen’s First and Fourth Symphonies
Manchester
A Fresh Slant on String Quartet Repertoire in Manchester
United Kingdom Britten, Chopin, Barber, Beethoven. Dejan Lazić (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor), Manchester Cathedral, Manchester. 18.4.2015 (LB)
A Remarkable and Virtuosic Performance of Elgar’s Violin Concerto from Pinchas Zukerman
United Kingdom Beethoven, Elgar: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Christoph Koenig (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10.4.2015 (MC)
Manchester’s Premier League Conservatoire Maintains its Standards in Britten.
United Kingdom Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (sung in English with titles), Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Andrew Greenwood. (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Theatre, 19.3.2015. (RJF)
Picture Credit Victoria Haydn
Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams: A Study in Contrasts
United Kingdom Lyadov, Prokofiev & Vaughan Williams: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 21.3.2015 (MC)
Freshness and Spontaneity from St Petersburgh SO in Manchester
United Kingdom Sibelius, Beethoven, Rachmaninov: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Freddie Kempf (piano), Natalie Clein (cello), Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Dmitriev (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 23.2.2015 (MC)
Storgårds and Braunstein Champion Delius and Vaughan Williams
United Kingdom Grieg, Delius, Vaughan Williams: Guy Braunstein (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 21.2.2015 (MC)
Good Singing and Choreography In G&S Patience Production
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: Manchester Universities & RNCM Gilbert & Sullivan Society, / Lucy Armstrong (conductor), Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, 18.2.2015 (RJW)