United Kingdom Schoenberg, Beethoven, Bliss: Orla Boylan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Omar Ebrahim (narrator), Jonathan Scott (organ), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 22.9. 2012 (JQ)
John Quinn
Nelsons’ Electrifying Season Opener in Birmingham
United Kingdom Strauss, Mahler: Sarah Fox (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15.9.2012 (JQ)
Tumultuous, Technicolour Turangalîla in Birmingham
United Kingdom Varèse, Muhly, Messiaen: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1.8.2012 (JQ)
More Superb Singing at Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 5. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Rutherford (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Nardone (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 26.7.2012 (JQ)
Roderick Williams: Masterly in English Song
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 4: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano), Shirehall, Hereford, 26.7.2012 (JQ)
A Splendid Three Choirs Pilgrimage to Canterbury
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 3: Susan Gritton (soprano), Alan Oke (tenor), Simon Bailey (bass-baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 25.7.2012. (JQ)
A Deeply Satisfying and Moving St. John Passion at Three Choirs Festival.
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2. Hereford Cathedral, 23.7.2012 (JQ)
The Three Choirs Festival Takes to The High Seas
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 1. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Owen Gilhooley (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 23.7.2012 (JQ)