United Kingdom BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall [1] – Zemlinsky, Brahms: Michael Collins (clarinet), Adrian Brendel (cello), Michael McHale (piano), Cadogan Hall, London, 2.8.2021. (CS)
Claire Seymour
Discerning playing by the Sacconi Quartet at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Purcell, Haydn, Ravel: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox [violin], Hannah Dawson [violin], Robin Ashwell [viola], Cara Berridge [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.7. 2021. (CS)
The Synchron Stage Orchestra play Brahms’ Fourth Symphony ‘On Air’
Austria Brahms: Synchron Stage Orchestra/ Johannes Vogel (conductor). Synchron Stage, Vienna (live stream), 23.5.2021. (CS)
Superb music-making from Isserlis and Rushdie Momen at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Kabalevsky, Janáček, Shostakovich: Steven Isserlis (cello), Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano). Livestreamed from Wigmore Hall, London, on 2.2.2021. (CS)
Subtlety and sunshine from Ibragimova and Tiberghien at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Franck: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, recorded live and streamed on 19.1.2021. (CS)
The Event Horizon: hope and ambition from Simon Armitage and The Hallé
United Kingdom The Hallé Winter Season, Episode 3 – The Event Horizon: Simon Armitage (Poet Laureate), Jess Gillam (saxophone), The Hallé / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). Broadcast from Hallé St Peters, Manchester, 14.1.2021. (CS)
Refined music-making by Bostridge, Connolly and the Carducci Quartet at Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Chausson: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]), Barbican Hall, London, 1.11.2020. (CS)
Captivating Schubert from Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton in Leeds
United Kingdom Leeds Lieder – Liszt, Brahms, Wolf, Schubert: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Nardus Williams (soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano), Leeds Town Hall, Leeds (live stream), 31.10.2020. (CS)