United Kingdom Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Simone Lamsma (violin), Hallé/Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sunday 12th January 2014 (MC)
Manchester
Masterly Singing by St George’s Singers in Bach and Will Todd Premiere
United Kingdom Bach, Will Todd: Eleanor Garside (soprano), Heather Ireson (Mezzo-soprano), Thomas Morss (tenor), Matthew Kellett (baritone), St George’s Singers, Northern Baroque / Neil Taylor (conductor), The Encompass Trio [Liam Waddle (piano, Paul Wheatley (bass), Phil Steventon (drum kit)], Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 15.12.2013.(RJF)
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)
An Inspirational Conductor Does Verdi Proud on his Bicentenary.
United Kingdom Verdi Bicentenary Concert: The Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, RNCM Chamber Choir, The Hallé Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 25.11.2013
Continuing the Mancunian ‘Way’
United Kingdom Walton, Berlioz, Dukas, Chausson, Gray (arr. Black): Sayaka Shoji (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yutaka Sado (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.11.2013 (MC)
Passion and Probity in Noseda’s Eroica
United Kingdom Verdi, Bruch, Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 8.11.2013 (MC)
Sir Mark and the Hallé Give Magnificent Tchaikovsky Performance
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 7.10.2013 (MC)
Brazilian Orchestra Makes Its Mark in Manchester
United Kingdom Clarice Assad, Bernstein, Mahler: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sunday 27th October 2013 (MC)
