United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schumann Project – Robert Schumann, Bruch, Liszt: Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Christoph Schnackertz (piano), St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 22.10.2016. (CR)
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Rodgers, Henschel and Kynoch Share in the Schumanns’ Warmth and Vitality
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schumann Project: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2016. (CR)
Hsu and Serkin Excel as a Piano Duo but Hungarian Dances Need Need More Paprika
United Kingdom Brahms, Bizet, Mozart, Schubert: Julia Hsu and Peter Serkin (piano duet), Oxford Piano Festival. Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 6.8.2016. (CR)
Renée Fleming and Oxford Philharmonic Leave the Best Until Last
United Kingdom Wagner, Richard Strauss: Renée Fleming (soprano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 8.4.2016. (CR)
Exhilarating but Brief Concert from Zukerman and Oxford Philharmonic
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Beethoven: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Pinchas Zukerman (violinist and conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.4.2016. (CR)
Stimulating and Entertaining Recital by Dame Felicity Heralds the Spring
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder – A Spring Weekend of Song opening concert with Felicity Lott: Felicity Lott (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 4.3.2016. (CR)
Holst Singers Negotiate Rachmaninov Vespers with Skill and Fervour
Rachmaninov: Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor). Merton College Chapel, Oxford 20.2.16
Housman – A Life and Landscape in Words and Music
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Various Composers, A Shropshire Lad: Simon Callow (narrator), Robert Murray (tenor), Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Jonathan Stone (violin): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2015. (MH)