United Kingdom Stephen Sondheim, Company: RNCM Opera, The RNCM Ensemble / Julian Kelly (music director), MMU Capitol Theatre, Manchester, 25.6.2014 (MC)
RNCM Opera’s Company Has Authentic Sixties Feel
Manchester
Splendid Mix of the Familiar, the Less Familiar and the Rarely Heard.
United Kingdom Rawsthorne, Elgar, Vaughan Williams: James Ehnes (violin), BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 23.5.2014 (MC)
Young Singers Showcase Talents in Day of Song
United Kingdom Fin de Siècle – A Day of Song: Royal Northern College of Music. Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 27.4.2014.
A Jolly Opera Colourfully Staged and Well Sung
United Kingdom Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore(sung in Italian with surtitles in English): Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Francesco Pasqualetti (conductor), RNCM Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 8.12.2013 (RJF)
Magnificent Playing from Manchester Camerata in New Concert Venue
United Kingdom Grieg, Tom Harrold, Mozart, Shchedrin: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Albert Hall, Manchester, 27.4. 2014 (MC)
High Standards Prevail in Manchester Mikado
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado: Manchester Universities Gilbert & Sullivan Society / Oliver Till (musical director), Council Chambers Theatre, Manchester. 26.3.2014 (RJW)
Judicious Pacing and Drama in Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony
United Kingdom Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams: Katherine Broderick (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Schola Cantorum, Ad Solem, Hallé Orchestra, Choir & Youth Choir/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 29.3.2014 (MC)
The RNCM Do Justice to Gluck in his Tercentenary.
United Kingdom Gluck, The Drunkard Cured, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Studio, Manchester, 16.3.2014. (RJF)
