United Kingdom Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Haydn. Gershwin: Liz Hanks (cello), The Endcliffe Orchestra / Martin Lightower; (conductor), St John’s Church, Blackstock Road, Sheffield, 17.1.2015 (JK)
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Ensemble 360 Enchants at Crucible Studio’s 30th Anniversary Concert
United Kingdom Brahms, Schumann: Enszemble 3260 [Naomi Atherton (horn), Time Horton (piano), Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Gemma Rosefield (cello)], Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 8.12 2014. (JK)
First St Andrew’s Festival in Sheffield Sets Good Standards
United Kingdom Beethoven, Haydn, Kohn and others: Northern String Quartet, Zhok Hora klezmer band, Bright Season folk group,Neil McSweeney singer-songwriter, The Larkin Strings, St Andrew’s Psalter Lane, Sheffield, 9-16.11.2014. (JN)
Soloist and Orchestra Battle Against an Unfriendly Acoustic
United Kingdom Kodály, Prokofiev, Dvořák: Sunwook Kim (piano), Hallé Orchestra / Jamie Phillips (conductor), City Hall, Sheffield, 30.11.2014. (JK)
Sheffield’s Restored Cathedral Provides Ideal Setting for Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Soloists, Sheffield Cathedral Choir, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Alan Eost (conductor), Sheffield Cathedral, 8.11.2014 (JRK)
Ferocity and Imagination in Kohn’s Revelatory New String Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven, Kohn, Shostakovich: Northern String Quartet; [Nikolas Gjylaci and Joy Becker (violins), Laurie Dempsey (viola), Joshua Lynch (cello), St Andrew’s, Sheffield, 9.11.2014. (JRK).