United Kingdom Mozart Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (director): Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.11.2014 (CR)
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Oxford Lieder Festival Culminates in a Blaze of Glory
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Kate Royal (soprano), Sarah Walker, Bethan Langford (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Schubert’s Nightingales, Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Sholto Kynoch, Eugene Asti (piano): St John the Evangelist church, Oxford, 1.11.2014 (CR)
A Sense of the Dramatic in Kirschlager’s Tribute to Schubert
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), James Sherlock (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2014. (CR)
Youthful Vitality in Schubert Lieder Performances
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Christiane Karg (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 21.10.2014. (CR)
Broderick and Padmore Perform Schubert Lieder and Arias
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project: Katherine Broderick (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Julius Drake and Bengt Forsberg (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford 24.10.2014. (CR)
Good Sense of Narrative in Prégardien’s Schöne Müllerin
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano): St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 19.10.2014
Powerful and Stirring Schubert from Maltman and Johnson
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schubert Project. Settings of Schiller and Goethe: Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 14.10.2014
Young Singers Impress in Garsington’s Hänsel und Gretel
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra / John Andrews (conductor) , Garsington Opera Young Artists Programme at West Green House, 26.7.2014 (CR)