United Kingdom CBSO 2014/15 Season; Farewell to Andris Nelsons
John Quinn
The Birmingham Bach Choir Brings Passiontide Music to Tewkesbury Abbey
United Kingdom Scarlatti, Bach, MacMillan, Whitacre, Leighton, Birmingham Bach Choir, Martyn Rawles (organ), Paul Spicer (conductor), Tewkesbury Abbey, 12.4.2014. (JQ)
Manfred Honeck Leads a Thrilling and Moving Verdi Requiem in Prague
Czech Republic Verdi, Requiem Simone Schneider (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Pavel Černoch (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 9.4.2014 (JQ)
The Premiere of Gabriel Jackson’s Gripping and Moving Passion Setting
United Kingdom Bach, Stephen Hough, Jon Laukvik, Matthew Martin, Gabriel Jackson, William Whitehead (organ), Emma Tring (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), The Choir of Merton College, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor), Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 4.4.2014. (JQ)
An Exciting New Choral Competition for London
An Exciting New Choral Competition for London An exciting new choral competition is to be held in London. The inaugural London International A Cappella Choir Competition is being held at St. John’s Smith Square from 21 to 26 April, 2014. Of particular significance is the fact that the competition will be given in association with … Read more
Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Pay a Memorable Visit to Birmingham
United Kingdom Ives, Adams, Berlioz: St. Lawrence String Quartet, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 14.3.2014 (JQ)
An Impressive Birmingham Debut by Mikhail Tatarnikov
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Dohnányi, Rachmaninov, Peter Donohoe (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 12.3.2014 (JQ)