United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [2] – Elgar and Schubert: Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Lucy Colquhoun and Sholto Kynoch (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 12.10.2021. (CR)
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With the backdrop of Nature, soprano Siân Dicker and tenor Ian Bostridge bring love to the fore in Oxford
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [1] – Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Felix & Fanny Mendelsohn, & Clara Schumann: Siân Dicker (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Krystal Tunnicliffe and Imogen Cooper (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 11.10.2021 (CR)
Garsington’s Amadigi di Gaula imposes a certain quirky consistency, therefore, upon an uneven work
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2021 [2] – Handel, Amadigi di Gaula: Soloists, The English Concert / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 21.7.2021. (CR)
Garsington Opera’s highly enjoyable Le Comte Ory has an energetic, risqué sense of fun
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2021 [1] – Rossini, Le Comte Ory: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra / Valentina Peleggi (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 17.7.2021. (CR)
New Chamber Opera’s delightful, charming and innocent production of Galuppi’s The She-Devil
United Kingdom Galuppi, La Diavolessa: Soloists of New Chamber Opera and The Band of Instruments / Steven Devine (conductor/harpsichord). New College, Oxford, 30.6.2021. (CR)
Lisa Batiashvili’s virtuosity makes Berg’s Violin Concerto take flight in Oxford
United Kingdom Schubert, Berg & Brahms: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 17.1.2020. (CR)
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates Leopold Mozart’s Three-hundredth Birthday
United Kingdom Haydn, Leopold & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Paul Merkelo (trumpet), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos & Hannah Schneider (conductors). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.11.2019. (CR)
