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UK CONCERT REVIEW INDEX JANUARY -JUNE 2008
Beethoven and Rachmaninov:
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Royal College of
Music Sinfonietta, Robin O’Neill. Cadogan Hall, London, 3.7.2008 (BBr)
Poulenc From First to Last:
Sarah Fox (soprano),
Robert Murray (tenor), Stéphane
Degout (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London,
2.7.2008 (BBr)
Concerto Celebration - Ibert, Rachmaninov and Sibelius:
Andrew Somerville (alto saxophone),
Alexander Ullman (piano), Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Southbank
Sinfonia, Simon Over. Cadogan Hall, London, 1.7.2008 (BBr)
Sibelius,
a second opinion :
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London
Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), Barbican, London
29. 6.2008 (RRR)
Sibelius:
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony
Orchestra, Colin Davis. Barbican Hall, London, 29.6.2008 (BBr)
Brahms:
Philharmonia
Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Royal
Festival Hall, London, 28.6.2008 (MB)
Brahms: Heidi Grant Murphy
(soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus,
Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
(conductor). Royal Festival Hall, 28.6.2008 (MB)
Haydn,
Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert:
Alfred Brendel
(piano). Royal Festival Hall, London,
27.6.2008 (MB)
Aldeburgh Festival 2008 (9): Stockhausen
, Stimmung, London Voices, Ben
Parry (director), The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, England 27. 6.2008
(AO)
Aldeburgh
Festival 2008 (7 and 8) :
Bach, Cage, Birtwistle, Stravinsky, The Arditti
Quartet, The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk 27.6.2008 (AO) and
Hallaig : the poetry and landscape of Sorley McLean, a film by
Timothy Neat Aldeburgh Cinema, Suffolk, England
27.6.2008 (AO)
Weber, Schumann and
Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) : Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra. Neeme Järvi (conductor) Barbican Hall
London, 25.6.2008 (GD)
Razumovsky
Trust Gala: featuring Ida Haendel
(violin) and other artists. Wigmore Hall, London. 24. 6.2008. (ED)
Schubert:
Alban Berg Quartet (Günther
Pichler (violin), Gerhard Schultz
(violin), Isabel Charisius (viola), Valentin Erban (cello)) with
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Alois Posch (double bass) and Heinrich
Schiff (cello). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 25.6.2008 (BBr)
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert : Alfred Brendel
(piano). Symphony Hall, Birmingham 24.6.2008 (JQ)
Mozart, Brahms:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); London
Symphony Orchestra/André Previn. Barbican Hall, 22.6. 2008 (CC)
Bach,
B
Minor Mass: St
George’s Singers and soloists,
Manchester Camerata orchestra,
Neil Taylor
(conductor) The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
22.6. 2008 (RJF)
Aldeburgh
Festival 2008 (6) :
Rihm, Byrd, Xenakis, Rohan
de Saram cello) Exaudi, James Week (director), Aldeburgh Church,
Suffolk, England. 20.6.2008 (AO)
Sondheim, Company:
The Royal Academy of Music's Musical
Theatre Department, David White. Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal
Academy of Music, London, 20.6.2008 (BBr)
Forrest, Wright and
Yeston: Grand Hotel:
Royal Academy of Music’s Musical
Theatre Department, Torquil Munro. Sir Jack Lyons Theatre, Royal
Academy of Music, London, 19.6.2008 (BBr)
Aldeburgh Festival 2008 (4 and
5):
Bach, Kurtág
György Kurtág, Márta Kurtág, (piano),
Hiromi Kikuchi (violin), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), The Maltings,
Snape, Aldeburgh. 19 and 20.06.2008 (AO)
Aldeburgh Festival (3):
Ligeti, Barry, Kurtág, Adès
Natalia Zagorinskaia (soprano),
Katalin Károlyi (mezzo), Stephen Richardson (bass), Birmingham
Contemporary Music Group, Thomas Adès, (conductor), The Maltings,
Snape, Aldeburgh. 15. 6.2008 (AO)
Mozart and Strauss:
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), London
Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Barbican
Hall,
London 15.6.2008 (JPr)
Tüür,
Adès, Saariaho and Sibelius:
Thomas Gould (violin), London Contemporary
Orchestra, Hugh Brunt (conductor) LSO St Lukes London 15.6.2008 (CR)
Aldeburgh
Festival 2008 (2) :
Schubert :
Robert Holl
(baritone), Rudolf
Jansen (piano) Blythburgh Church, Suffolk, England. 15. 6.2008
(AO)
Aldeburgh Festival 2008
(1) :
Haydn, Schoenberg, Kurtág,
Webern, Ives, Mozart, Britten Sinfonia, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
(pianist, conductor) The Maltings, Snape, Aldeburgh. 14.6.2008 (AO)
Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert:
Paul Lewis (piano) Wigmore Hall, London,
13.6.2008 (BBr)
Richard Lewis Award Winners’ Recital: various singers
and accompanists. Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London. 12.
6.2008. (ED)
Farewell but not goodbye, Janáček and Beethoven: Lisa
Milne (soprano)/Jane Irwin
(mezzo-soprano)/Gordon Gletz (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) City of
Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor) Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 12. 6.2008 (JQ)
Prokofiev, Wallen:
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo), Alwyn Mellor
(soprano), Jason Howard (tenor), Megan Llewellyn Dorke, Samantha Hay
(soprano), Dabiella Ehrlich, Sian Menhir (mezzo), Simon Curtis, Alun
Rhys-Jenkins (tenor), Robert Winslade Anderson, James Robinson-May
(bass), Carbon 12 Ladies Community Choir, Men of the WNO Chorus,
Risca Male Choir, Parc and Dare Brass Band, Orchestra of Welsh
National Opera / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff, 12. 6.2008 (GPu)
Celebrating the Counter-Tenor, Bach, Handel,Vivaldi :
Andreas
Scholl (counter-tenor) James Bowman (presenter) Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment, dir. Alison Bury. Royal Festival Hall,
London, 11. 6.2008. (ME
Schumann, Chopin, Debussy:
Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival
Hall, 10.6. 2008 (CC)
Schubert and Beethoven:
Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher
(violin), Laura Samuel (violin), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola),
Antoine Lederlin (cello)) Wigmore Hall, London, 10.6.2008 (BBr)
Niccolò Castiglioni,
Esa Pekka-Salonen, Silvia Milstein:
Sarah Nicolls (piano), London
Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Quenn Elizabeth Hall, South
Bank, London, 8. 6.2008 (AO)
Mozart and Strauss:
Alfred Brendel, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink. Barbican
Hall, London, 8.6.2008 (BBr)
Schumann, Tief im Herzen trag’ ich Pein, Gebet, Requiem, Liederkreis
Op. 39, 12 Kerner-Lieder Op. 35 : Matthias Goerne
(baritone), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 7.
6.2008. (ME)
Ravel and Rutter: Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone)/The Cambridge Singers/City of
Birmingham Symphony Youth Choir/English Chamber Orchestra/John
Rutter. Symphony Hall, Birmingham 7 .6. 2008 (JQ)
Brahms, Pårt and Tchaikovsky:
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Leipzig
Gewandhaus
Orchestra: Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Barbican Hall London. 6 .6.
2008 (GD)
Stravinsky and Dvořák:
Pieter Wispelwey (cello). Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
(conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 6.6.2008 (MMB)
Michael Nyman:
Marie Angel (soprano), Sarah Leonard
(soprano), the Michael Nyman Band, Cadogan Hall, London, 6.6.2008 (BBr)
Brahms and Shostakovich:
Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Philharmonia
Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel. Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.6.2008 (BBr)
Mahler:
London
Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
(conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2008 (MB)
Brahms and Shostakovitch: Piotr
Anderszewski – piano ,
Philharmonia Orchestra /
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
Symphony Hall, Birmingham 3.6. 2008 (CT)
Duddell,
Schubert and Bruckner:
London
Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis
(conductor). Barbican Hall, London 1.6.2008
(JPr)
Rossini :
Joanne Boag (soprano), Caryl Hughes,
Imelda Drumm (mezzo), Barry Banks, Robin Tritschler (tenor),
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Carlo Rizzi
(conductor), Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 1. 6.2008 (GPu)
Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Debussy:
Richard
Goode and Jonathan Biss (pianos). Queen
Elizabeth Hall, London, 31.5.2008 (MB)
Vaughan Williams, Colour and Landscape:
Anthony Marwood (violin) Philharmonia
Orchestra/Richard Hickox, Royal Festival Hall 31. 5.2008 (RC)
Brahms and Sibelius:
Nelson Goerner (piano), London
Philharmonic Orchestra: Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) Royal
Festival Hall 30.5 2008 (GD)
Chausson, Fauré,
Debussy, Koechlin, Ravel, Poulenc:
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Susan
Manoff (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 27. 5.2008 (AO)
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Szymanowski:
Krystian
Zimerman (piano). Royal Festival Hall,
London, 27.5.2008 (MB)
Pintscher, Schumann and Brahms:
Evgenia Rubinova (piano) London Philarmonic
Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) Evgenia Rubinova (piano)
Royal Festival Hall. London 25.5.2008 (GD)
Beethoven and Schubert: Mark Padmore
(tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) Wigmore
Hall, London, 24.5.2008 (ME)
Tim Benjamin,
Birtwistle, Crumb and Adès:
Robert Ogden (countertenor), Radius, Purcell Room,
London 25.5.2008 (CR)
Mendelssohn, Bruch and Dvorak:
Alina Ibragimova
(violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
Fairfield Halls, Croydon 24.5.2008 (CR)
Schubert
and Bruckner:
London
Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
(conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.5.2008 (MB)
Brahms
and Strauss:
Julian
Rachlin (violin), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra; Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Festival
Hall, London
23.5.2008 (JPr)
Hindemith, Al-Turk and Bowen: Wissam
Boustany (flute), Aleksander Szram (piano) St John’s, Smith Square,
London 22. 5.2008 (CR)
Berkeley, Sibelius:
Valdine
Anderson (soprano), Roderick
Williams (baritone), avid Goode (organ), BBC National Chorus of
Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor),
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 22. 5.2008 (GPu)
Messiaen, Le Livre du Saint Sacrament: Jennifer
Bate (organ), Westminster Cathedral,
Victoria, London 21.5.2008 (AO)
Chopin and Suk:
Ingrid Fliter (piano) / BBC Symphony
Orchestra / Jiři Bělohlávek (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 21.
5.2008 (ED)
Beethoven, Stravinsky and
Schubert:
Artemis Quartet (Natalia Prishepenko
(violin), Gregor Sigl (violin), Friedemann Weigle (viola), Eckart
Runge (cello)) with David Geringas (cello), Wigmore Hall, London,
20.5.2008 (BBr)
Schubert, Die schöne
Müllerin:
Mark Padmore (tenor) Till Fellner
(piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 19. 5.2008 (ME)
Dvořák
and Korngold:
Krzysztof Smietana (violin), Matthijs
Broersma (cello), Lara Dodds-Eden (piano), Arisa Fujita (violin),
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Tetsuumi Nagata (viola), Louise
Hopkins (cello), Caroline Palmer (piano), Music Hall, Guildhall
School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, London, 19.5.2008 (BBr)
Jánaček,
Rachmaninov and Rimsky Korsakov:
Dejan Lazic (piano), Boris Garlitsky
(violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Petrenko, Royal
Festival Hall, London, 16.5.2008 (BBr)
Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky:
Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Russian State
Symphony Orchestra / Mark Gorenstein (conductor), St.
David’s Hall, Cardiff, 16.5.2008 (GPu)
Earth Machine Music:
Kimmo Pohjonen (accordion and electronics), Farm Machinery (various
operatives), Westcott Barton Farm, Middle Marwood near Barnstaple. Devon, 15.5.2008 (BK)
Hughes, Mahler, Strauss and Wagner:
Sir
Thomas Allen (baritone), Sally Matthews
(soprano), Southbank Sinfonia; Simon Over (conductor). Cadogan
Hall,
London 15.5.2008 (JPr)
Beethoven and Shostakovich:
Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony
Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, Barbican Hall, London, 15.5.2008 (BBr)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Simon Holt
and Rachmaninov:
Colin Currie (percussion) City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, Symphony Hall
Birmingham,14.5.2008 (CT)
Schubert: András Schiff (piano).
Wigmore Hall, London, 14.5.2008 (MB)
Bach, Beethoven, Schumann,
Enescu, Bartók and Prokofiev:
works for violin and piano. Valeriy
Sokolov (violin) / Eric Ferrand N’Kaoua (piano). Wigmore Hall. 13.
5.2008 (ED)
Elgar, Walton and Vaughan
Wiliams:
Guy Johnston
(cello), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Paul Daniel Cadogan Hall, London, 13.5.2008 (BBr)
Webern and Schubert:
Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher
(violin), Laura Samuel (violin), Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola),
Antoine Lederlin (cello)) Wigmore Hall, London, 12.5.2008 (BBr)
Schoenberg, Pintscher, Bartók:
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo); Peter Fried
(bass); BBC Singers; London Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez.
Barbican Hall, 11.5.2008 (CC)
Fauré, Bernstein and Vaughan Williams and others:
Ferdinand Rex (treble), James
Rutherford (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra; The Bach Choir; David
Hill (conductor) Royal Festival Hall London 11.5.2008 (CR)
Luigi Nono ,
Prometeo, Tragedia dell’ascolto:
London Sinfonietta, Royal Academy of
Music Manson Ensemble, Synergy Vocals, Klaus Burger (euphonium),
Diego Masson (conductor), Patrick Bailey (conductor),). Royal
Festival Hall, South Bank, London. 9 and 10.5. 2008 (AO)
Schubert, Mozart, and Bach:
David Fray
(piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 8.5.2008 (MB)
Xenakis, Reich and Stockhausen:
New Noise, Purcell Room London
6.5.2008 (CR)
Brighton Festival 2008,
Haydn, Webern and Beethoven: TheTokyo
String Quartet. Glyndebourne Opera House 4.5.2008
(MMB)
Wagner, Grieg and Brahms:
Sigurd Slåtterbrekk
(piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Stamatia Karampini Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.5.2008 (BBr)
Bartók,
Beethoven:
Olivier Charlier (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 2.5.08 (GPu)
‘Viva
Verdi’ 2, Roberto Alagna sings Verdi:
Roberto
Alagna (tenor), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra;
Ion Marin (conductor). Barbican
Hall, London 2.5.2008 (JPr)
Shostakovich, Britten, Bridge and Elgar:
Natalie Clein (cello), Kathryn Stott
(piano).
Cadogan
Hall London 2.5.2008 (MMB)
Haydn, Berg, Beethoven:
Alban Berg Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London, 1.5, 2008 (CC)
Karim’s
Journey : Film,
talk and recital, Christopher Nupen and Karim Said, Barbican Cinema,
London. 1. 5.2008 (AO)
Wagner, Beethoven and Sibelius:
Lisa Batiashvili (violin) London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London,
30.4.2008(GD)
Bartók, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Boulez:
Pierre-Laurent
Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich (pianos); Neil Percy and Nigel Thomas
(percussion); London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez (conductor).
Barbican Hall, London, 30.4.2008 (MB)
Schumann, Butterworth, Copland, Bernstein, Warlock, Dunhill, and
Bridge:
Sir Thomas
Allen (baritone), Simon Over (piano).
Friends of Peterhouse Theatre, Peterhouse, Cambridge.
29.4.2008 (MB)
Thomas
Adès,
Steve Reich:
Tal Rosner (visuals)
Nicholas Hodges (piano), London Sinfonietta, Synergy Vocals.
Thomas Adès (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London
28.4.2008 (AO)
MacMillan, St John Passion (The Passion of Our Lord Jesus
Christ according to St John):Christopher
Maltman (baritone); Narrator Chorus; London Symphony Chorus and
Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis. Barbican Hall, 27.4., 2008 (CC)
Berg and Mahler:
Frank Peter
Zimmermann (violin); Philharmonia
Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall,
London. 27.4.2008 (MB)
Pere Ubu, Bring me the head of
Ubu Roi :
Music Theatre
based on a play by Alfred Jarry, David Thomas : narrator, singer,
director, librettist, composer, Pere Ubu - the Band, Sarah-Jane
Morris : Mère Ubu, Brothers Quay : stage design, Queen
Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London 25. 4.2008 (AO)
Debussy, Schubert and
Ravel:
Katia and Marielle Labèque
(two pianos and piano duet) Cadogan Hall, London, 24.4.2008 (BBr)
Kaija Saariaho, Adriana
Mater:
Soloists,
BBC Symphony
Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), BBC Singers, Stephen
Betteridge (chorus master) Barbican Hall, London 24. 4.2008. (AO)
Bartòk, Britten, Shostakovich:
Martin Helmchen (piano), Paul Beniston
(trumpet), Sally Matthews (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2008 (BB)
Robert and Clara
Schumann, Mahler, Horovitz, Elgar, Gurney, Clarke, Nelson and Hoiby:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano),
Roger Vignoles (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 22.4.2008 (JPr)
Alfred Brendel plays Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert:
The
Sage, Newcastle/Gateshead, UK 20.4.2008 (JL)
Handel, J S Bach, Smalley,
Haydn:
Mark Padmore (tenor), Australian Chamber
Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (violin and director). Wigmore Hall,
London, 21.4.2008 (BBr)
Mahler and
Strauss:
Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-soprano), Elena
Mosuc (soprano), London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Barbican Hall, London 20. 4.2008 (JPr)
Dvoràk,
Shostakovich:
Julia Fischer (violin), London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg, Royal Festival Hall, London,
16.4.2008 (BBr)
Mahler and Schubert:
Petra Lang (mezzo soprano), Nikolai Schukoff
(tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph
Eschenbach (conductor), Royal Festival Hall London 13.4.2008 (JPr)
R.Strauss, Beethoven:
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano);
Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir
Charles
Mackerras. Royal Festival Hall, 10.4. 2008 (CC)
Prokofiev, Arutunian and Janáček:
Philip Cobb (trumpet), National
Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, Peter Bassano (conductor) St
John’s Smith Square London 6.4.2008 (CR)
Richard Strauss,
Mozart, Brahms: Till Fellner
(piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir
Charles Mackerras (conductor) Royal Festival Hall London (3 30 PM)
6.4.2008 (GD)
Bach:
Bernarda Fink
(mezzo-soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Barbican Hall, London
5.4.2008 (AO)
Berlioz, La damnation
de Faust :
Marguerite – Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Faust
– Marcel Reijans (tenor), Méphistophélès – Peter Rose (bass),
Brander – Patrick Bolliere (baritone), Voix céleste – Sarah Tynan
(soprano), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Bristol Choral Society, BBC
National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St.
David’s Hall, Cardiff, 4.4.2008 (GPu)
Richard Strauss, Beethoven, Schumann: Lars
Vogt (piano). Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras
(conductor) Royal Festival Hall London 3.4.2008 (GD)
Schubert, Janacek, Faure and
Debussy:
Charles Owen (piano) Wigmore Hall, London,
3.4.2008 (BBr)
Henri
Dutilleux, Stravinsky, Ravel, Debussy :
Phillippa Davies (flute), Marianne Thorsen (violin), Paul Watkins
(cello), The Nash Ensemble, Yan-Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Wigmore Hall, London, 2.4.2008 (AO)
Finzi, Vaughan Williams:
Robert Cohen (cello), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Paul Daniel Cadogan Hall, London, 1.4.2008 (BB)
Knussen,
Berg, Benjamin and Britten:
Leila Josefowicz
(violin), Oliver
Knussen (conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall,
London, 29. 3.2008 (AO)
Roussel, Saint–Saens and
Ravel:
Steven Isserlis (Cello) RSNO Chorus,
Timothy Dean (RSNO Chorus Director), Royal Scottish National
Orchestra, Stephane Deneve (Conductor) Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow,
29.3.2008 (GV)
Mozart, Mahler:
Gianluca Cascioli (piano);
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alexander Briger, with Lisa
Milne (soprano). RFH, 29.3 2008 (CC)
Schubert, Winterreise:
Alice Coote (mezzo
soprano), Julius Drake (piano) Wigmore Hall,
London 28.3.2008 (AO)
Shostakovich and Schubert:
Olga Sergeeva (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus
(bass). London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor),
Barbican 27.03.2008 (CR)
Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák and Strauss:
Edita Gruberová (soprano), Andrew
Marriner (clarinet), Stephan Matthias Lademann (piano) Wigmore Hall
London 20.3.2008 (JPr)
Brahms and Strauss:
John Lill (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;
Thomas Sanderling (conductor) Royal Festival Hall
London 19.3.2008 (JPr)
Debussy, Shostakovich,
Marianelli and Martinu:
Caroline Dale (cello), Paul Turner (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London, 17.3.2008 (BB)
Liszt, Beethoven, Debussy:
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano). Wigmore
Hall
16.2. 2008 (CC)
Rossini, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninov:
Arabella Steinbacher (violin).
Philharmonia Orchestra; Alexander Lazarev (conductor) Royal Festival
Hall London 16.3.2008 (MMB)
Mozart,
Haydn, and Beethoven:
Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, David Watkin (’cello/director*), Piotr
Anderszewski (piano/director). Barbican Hall; London 15.3.2008 (MB)
Mendelssohn, Liszt, Dvořák and Brahms:
Angelika
Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano), Middle Temple
Hall London 15.3.2008 (ME)
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
–New Chinese Music
: Music by Wang Ning, Zhao Jiping,
Law Wing-fai, Sui Lijun and Peng Xiuwe,
Feng Shaoxian (sanxian and yueqin), Wong Chi-ching (pipa) Yan
Huichang (conductor), Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Royal Festival
Hall, South Bank, London 14.3.2008 (AO)
Mahler and Mozart :
François-Frédéric
Guy (piano) Philippe Jordan (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra,
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London 13.3.2008 (AO)
‘Nash
Inventions’, Turnage, Birtwistle, MacMillan, Goehr, and C. Matthews:
Nash Ensemble, Claire Booth (soprano), Andrew
Watts (countertenor), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Lucy Wakeford (harp),
Paul Watkins (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London 12.3.2008 (MB)
Elgar:
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra's 'Green and
Pleasant Land' Series, Nigel Kennedy (vln) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra - Leonard Slatkin (Conductor) Royal Festival Hall,
12.3.2008 (RC)
Wagner:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mihoko
Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Mariss Jansons (conductor) Royal Festival
Hall London 8.3.2008 (JPr)
Beethoven, Schubert,
Jánaček,
Shostakovich, Lacour and Reich:
Barbirolli Quartet and Zephirus, Wigmore Hall,
London, 7.3.2008 (BBr)
Schoenberg and Mahler:
London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev
(conductor) Barbican Hall London 7. 3.2008 (GD)
Mahler and Karetnikov:
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
(conductor) Barbican Hall London 6.3.2008 (JPr)
Mozart, Ravel, Prokofiev:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), London
Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), St. David’s
Hall, Cardiff, 6. 3.2008 (GPu)
Ravel and Shostakovich:
London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir
Jurowski (conductor) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Royal Festival Hall
London 5. 3. 2008 (GD)
Chopin, Debussy, and Prokofiev:
Simon Trpčeski
(piano). Wigmore Hall London 4.3.2008
(MB)
Bax, Mozart, Debussy,
Roussel, Watkins and Ravel:
Sally Pryce Ensemble (Sally Pryce (harp),
Adam Walker (flute), Sarah Williamson (clarinet), Elizabeth Cooney
(violin), Tom Hankey (violin), Reiad Chibah (viola), Gemma Rosefield
(cello)) Wigmore Hall, London, 3.3.2008 (BB)
Brahms and Penderecki :
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano),
Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone). BBC
Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Chorus Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Barbican Hall London 28.2. 2008 (GD)
Beethoven:
An evening of
Beethoven in aid of The Stroke
Association, Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra, Robin Browning
(conductor), Charles Owen (piano), Cadogan Hall, London 2. 3. 2008 (MMB)
Tavener, Requiem:
(World Premiere) The Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral,
28.2.2008 (GMH)
Schumann, Brahms, Wolf :
Christine Schäfer (soprano); Graham
Johnson (piano). Wiigmore Hall, 28.2. 2008 (CC)
Bach, Chopin,
Debussy and Mozart:
Richard Goode
(piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London,
27.2.2008 (MB)
Brahms, Bruch, Sibelius:
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Vienna
Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by Kristjan Järvi. Cadogan Hall
25.2.2008 (JPr)
Prokofiev
and
Shostakovich:
London Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
(conductor), Sakaya Shoji (violin) Sergei Leiferkus (bass),
Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus.
Barbican Hall London 24.2.
2008
(GD)
Verdi, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky:
Yefim Bronfman (piano); Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev. Barbican Hall, 23.2.
2008 (CC)
Berlioz,
Wagner, Debussy:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted
by Valery Gergiev. Barbican Hall, London 22.2.2008 (JPr)
Cadogan Celebrity Recital Series 2007-08:
Janine Jansen (violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Maxim Rysanov
(viola), Cadogan Hall, London 22. 2.2008 (MMB)
Shostakovich, Brahms:
Sarah Chang (violin) London Symphony
Orchestra/Leif Segerstam. Barbican Hall, 21.2 2008 (CC)
Grieg,
Madetoja, Messiaen, Wagner:
Soile Isokoski
(soprano), Marita
Viitasalo (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 21. 2.2008 (AO)
Debussy, Tchaikovsky,
Lutoslawski:
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka
Saraste (conductor), Sergey Khachatryan (violin) Royal Festival Hall
20.2.2008 (CR)
Holst, Delius and Vaughan
Williams:
Tasmin Little (violin), Lisa Milne
(soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Cadogan
Hall, London 19.2.2008 (BB)
Wolf ,
Mörike Songs:
Imogen Cooper (piano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Wigmore Hall,
London, 19. 2.2008 (AO)
Bach, The Art of Fugue:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Wigmore Hall,
17.2.2008 (MB)
Messiaen, Stockhausen, and
Boulez: London Sinfonietta,
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London. 17.2.2008 (AO) and
Ferneyhough: Arditti Quartet,
LSO St. Luke’s, London. 16.02.2008 (AO)
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas - Final Concert:
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Royal Festival
Hall, 17.2.2008 (MB)
Brahms,
Debussy, Poulenc, R. Strauss:
Kate Royal (soprano); Roger Vignoles
(piano). Wigmore Hall, 16.2. 2008 (CC)
Dutilleux, Bartok:
James Gilchrist (tenor), Jeremy Huw
Williams (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry
Fischer (conductor) St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 16.2.2008 (GPu)
Beethoven
Piano Sonatas:
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Royal Festival
Hall, 15.2.2008 (MB)
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