United Kingdom, Beethoven, Strauss and Brahms: Katy Woolley (horn), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 12.3.2015 (AS)
Alan Sanders
English Music Given a Welcome Airing by Andrew Manze and the LPO
United Kingdom Elgar, Ireland and Walton: Piers Lane (piano); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.3.2015 (AS)
Adám Fischer and the OAE Sparkle in Czech Music
United Kingdom Smetana, Brahms and Dvořák: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Adám Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 4.3.2015 (AS)
A Programme Full of Enterprise from the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Lili Boulanger, Koechlin, Ravel and Stravinsky: Royal College of Music Symphony Chorus, Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 26.2.2105 (AS)
Grzegorz Nowak Impresses in “Valentine’s Classics”
United Kingdom Mozart, Delius, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Bizet: Robert Davidovici (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 13.2.2015 (AS)
Vasily Petrenko Impresses in Rachmaninov but not in Stravinsky
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Rachmaninov: Jorge Luis Prats (piano), Anna Samuil (soprano), Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Andrei Bondarenko (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.2.2015 (AS)
A Very ‘Russian’ Performance of the Pathétique
United Kingdom Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky: Natalie Clein (cello), St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Dmitriev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 9.2.2015 (AS)
Andris Nelsons in Mozart and Bruckner
United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Paul Lewis (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 8.2.2105 (AS)