United Kingdom Wagner, Verdi. Emma Bell (soprano), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Three Choirs Festival. Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7.2013 (JQ)
John Quinn
English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.
English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.
The Sorrows of Love in a Dominican Priory
United Kingdom Mazzochi, Luzzaschi, Monteverdi, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Draghi, Campkin, Piccinini, Doni, Carissimi, Lanier, Rossi: Galàn (Alison Hill, Katy Hill, Lucy Page), Christopher Bucknall (harpsichord), Manuel Minguillion (theorbo), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 28.7.2013. (RJ)
Vladimir Ashkenazy at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Elgar, Sibelius, Rachmaninov: Helena Juntunen (soprano), Paul Nilon (tenor), Nathan Berg (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 27.7.2013 (JQ)
A Compelling Recital by Peter Donohoe
United Kingdom Schumann, Wagner, Liszt: Peter Donohoe (piano). Three Choirs Festival, St. Mary de Lode, Gloucester, 27.7.2013. (JQ)
Virtuoso Display by Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Pärt, Tavener, Parsons, Tallis, Bach, Poulenc, Ešenvalds, Bannister, Howells, Britten: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Cheltenham College Chapel, 14.7.2013 (JQ)
Evening of French Music Raises the Temperature in Gloucester
United Kingdom Poulenc, Ravel, Fauré: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alexander Robin Baker (baritone), David Briggs (organ), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Choir of Royal Holloway College, St Cecilia Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor). Cheltenham Music Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 13.7.2013 (JQ)
Royal Holloway Alumna and Choir Celebrate Britten and Poulenc
United Kingdom Britten, Pitts, Plakidis, Michael Berkeley, Poulenc, Gabriel Jackson: Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 12.7.2013 (JQ)