United Kingdom Sibelius, Dvarionas: Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.4.12 (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Thirteen Years On Gergiev Returns with a Masterful Parsifal
United Kingdom Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2012. (JPr)
Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House
United Kingdom Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Royal Opera / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 30.3.2012. (JPr)
An Almost Perfect Evening of Dance at the English National Ballet
| United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Lalo, Apollo, Jeux, Le Train bleu, Suite en blanc: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, London Coliseum, 28.3.12. (JPr)
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English National Ballet Pays Tribute to the Legendary Ballets Russes
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Firebird, Après-midi d’un faune, Faun(e), The Rite of Spring: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 22.3.12. (JPr)
An Attention-Grabbing Sweeney Todd
United Kingdom Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Michael Ball (Sweeney Todd), Imelda Staunton (Mrs Lovett) and company in the Chichester Festival Theatre production, Jonathan Kent (director), Nicolas Skilbeck (musical director), Adelphi Theatre, London 19.3.12 (JPr)
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Nicola Benedetti and Friends
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Mahler: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) and Alexei Grynyuk (piano). LSO St Luke’s, London, 15.3.2012. (JPr)
Impeccable Dancing in BRB’s Coppélia
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by Koen Kessels, produced by Sir Peter Wright, London Coliseum, London, 15.3.2012. (JPr)