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)
Curtis Rogers
Garsington’s Well Paced Vixen Not for the Prudish
United Kingdom Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen – Opera in three acts: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Garry Walker (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 22.6.2014 (CR)
Sung in Czech with English surtitles
Photo: Clive Barda
Down-to-Earth Mozart, Sympathetic Bruckner from Papadopoulos
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (pianist and conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.6.2014
Grosvenor and Endellion Show Control and Passion in Brahms Quintet
United Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Gounod/Liszt, Brahms: Endellion String Quartet, Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 13.6.2014
Kennedy Springs a Surprise in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Brahms and Beethoven: Nigel Kennedy (violin),Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), New Theatre, Oxford, 3.6.2014 (CR)
Compelling Trajectory in Borenstein Premiere
United Kingdom Nimrod Borenstein, Tchaikovsky: Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violinist), Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 17.5.2014 (CR)
Hough’s Consistent and Intelligent Journey into the Past
United Kingdom Schoenberg, R. Strauss, Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms, Hough, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano) International Piano Series, St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 6.5.2014 (CR)
Vengerov Impresses as Soloist and Conductor
United Kingdom Rachel Lockwood, Brahms and Mendelssohn: Oxford Philomusica / Maxim Vengerov (violinist and conductor), Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 3.5.2014 (CR)