United Kingdom Idina Menzel UK Tour 2012: Idina Menzel and orchestra (musical director: Rob Mounsey), Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 9.10.2012 (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Memorable Mahler in BBC Symphony’s Season Opener
United Kingdom Gordon, Mahler and Shostakovich: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.10.2012. (JPr)
The Vienna Boys’ Choir Delight a London Audience
United Kingdom Vienna Boys’ Choir: Kerem Sezen conducting at the piano. Cadogan Hall, London, 2.10.2012 (JPr)
The OAE Presents Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers
United Kingdom Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: Three eras of divas – Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.9.2012. (JPr)
Delius’s Village Romeo and Juliet Gets a Rare London Outing
United Kingdom Delius, A Village Romeo and Juliet: Soloists, The London Chorus, The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 25.9.2012. (JPr)
Alice Coote’s Centenary Tribute to Kathleen Ferrier
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler: A Wigmore Hall Ferrier Centenary Celebration Concert Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2012 (JPr)
Brilliant Balanchine Divertimento from San Francisco Ballet
United Kingdom San Francisco Ballet (Programme A): Dancers and Orchestra of the San Francisco Ballet / Martin West (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 14.9.2012. (JPr)
ENO’s Much Revived Magic Flute Continues to Delight
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Nicholas Collon (conductor), Coliseum, London, 13.9.2012. (JPr)