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UK CONCERT REVIEW INDEX JANUARY -AUGUST 2008
Prom 64, Wagner and Messiaen:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Tristan Murail (ondes martenot),
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal
Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2008 (MB)
Prom 61,
Verdi Requiem:
Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC
Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Jiři Bělohlávek, cond.
Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2008. (ED)
Prom 59, Lindberg, Rachmaninov and Sibelius:
Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka
Saraste (conductor) BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London 30.8.2008
(CR)
Edinburgh
International Festival (4)
Wolpe! Welche Farbe hat der
Vogel?
Muziektheater
Transparant, The Hub, Edinburgh, 29.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 58, Ravel, Bartók and Tchaikovsky:
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
(conductor) BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London 29.8.2008 (CR)
Edinburgh
International Festival (3) – Weber, Beethoven, Strauss, and Bernhard
Lang:
Hélène Grimaud
(piano), Staatskapelle Dresden, Fabio Luisi
(conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.8.2008 (MB)
Prom
57, Stucky, Gershwin and Stravinsky:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), New York
Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor) BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall,
London 28.8.2008 (CR)
Edinburgh International Festival
(2) – Debussy, Beethoven, and Messiaen:
Steven Osborne (piano). The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh,
28.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 55, Debussy,
Peter Eötvos, Vaughan Williams,
Ravel: Philharmonia Orchestra (Susanna Malkki)
conductor ( Akiko Suwanai) violin (Sarah Connolly) mezzo-soprano
Royal Albert Hall 27. 8.2008 (GD)
Edinburgh International
Festival (1) – Stravinsky, Pousseur, and Bruckner:
Collegium Vocale Gent, I Solisti del Vento,
Philippe Herreweghe (concuctor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2008
(MB)
Prom 51 -
Bach, St John Passion: Soloists, Monteverdi
Choir, English Baroque Soloists, cond. Sir
John Eliot Gardiner. Royal Albert Hall, London, 24. 08. 2008. (ME)
Gershwin and Friends:
Kim Criswell, BBC Big Band, David Firman,
Cadogan Hall, London, 22.8.2008 (BBr)
Prom 48, Mahler,
Stockhausen, Schubert, and Beethoven:
Angelika
Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Apollo Voices, Gürzenich Orchestra,
Markus Stenz (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 47, Janáček,
Osud:
Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra,
BBC Singers, Jiří
Bělohlávek (conductor),
Royal Albert Hall, London,
21.8.2008 (AO)
Prom 46, Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty:
London Symphony Orchestra; Valery
Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 20.8.2008 (JPr)
Prom
45, Harvey, Messiaen, and Varèse:
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Emily Beynon
(flute), Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Danjulo Ishizaka (’cello);
Jonathan Harvey (sound projection: Harvey), Jerémie Henrot and
Clément Marie (IRCAM sound projection: Soundings), Ben
Bayliss and Chris Beddall (sound projection: Varèse); BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor).
Royal Albert
Hall, 19.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 44, Elliott Carter, Prokofiev and Beethoven:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan
Volkov (conductor) Nicolas Hodges (piano) Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Royal Albert Hall 18.8.2008 (GD)
Prom
43,Mozart, Vaughan Williams, Osborne and Beethoven:
Rebecca Evans (soprano), Pamela Helen
Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Walker (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass),
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Lawrence Power (viola). City of London
Sinfonia; BBC Singers; Richard Hickox (conductor), Royal Albert
Hall, London 17.8.2008 (CR)
Prom
40, Janáček
:
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); Jeanne-Michèle
Charbonnet (soprano); Anna Stéphany (mezzo); Simon O’Neill (tenor);
Oeter Fried (bass); Simon Preston (organ); BBC Symphony
Orchestra/Pierre Boulez.
Royal Albert Hall, 15.8.2008
(CC)
Prom
39, Boulez and Stravinsky:
Guy Eshed
(flute), Patrice Chéreau (narrator), Members of the West-Eastern
Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall,
London, 14.8.2008 (MB)
Prom
38, Haydn, Schoenberg, and Brahms:
Ramón
Ortega Quero (oboe), Mor Biron (bassoon),
Guy Braunstein (violin), Hassan Moataz El Molla (’cello),
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal
Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 35, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Rimsky Korsakov:
Ashley Wass (piano), BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2008 (BBr)
Glorious Gershwin:
Viv McLean (piano), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Robert Ziegler, Cadogan Hall, London, 14.8.2008 (BBr)
Prom
34, Rachmaninov and Puccini’s Il tabarro:
Soloists, the BBC Singers and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 11.8.2008
(JPr)
Prom 27, Messiaen Stravinsky Benjamin
and Ravel :
BBC Symphony Orchestra George Benjamin (conductor) Carolin Widmann
(violin) Royal Albert Hall 6.8.2008 (GD)
Prom 24, Bach/Klenovsky, Smyth and Rachmaninov:
Tasmin Little (violin), Richard Watkins
(horn), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Solyom, Royal Albert
Hall, London, 4.8.2008 (BBr)
A Swell Party – A Celebration of the Life and Music of
Cole Porter: Maria Friedman, Mary Carewe, Daniel Evans, Graham Bickley,
Simon Green, David Firman (piano and music director), Jason Carr
(piano and music director), Cadogan Hall, London, 6.8.2008 (BBr)
Prom
23 , Beethoven, Mahler :
Karen Cargill (mezzo); Johan Botha (tenor) BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles.
Royal Albert Hall, 3.8.
2008 (CC)
The Mostly
Mozart Festival 2008's Final Concert :
Cyndia
Sieden (soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo), Mark Wilde (tenor), Andrew
Foster-Williams (bass-baritone). Academy of St. Martin in the
Fields; Mostly Mozart Festival Chorus, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
Barbican Hall London 2. 8.2008 (MMB)
Proms 20 and 21:
Stockhausen:
David
Robertson, Martyn Brabbins, Pascal Rophé
(conductors), BBC Symphony Orchestra and others, Royal Albert
Hall, London, 2. 8.2008 (AO)
Prom 20, Stockhausen:
Marco Blaauw (trumpet), Nicolas Hodges
(piano), Colin Currie (percussion); Kathinka Pasveer and Bryan Wolf
(sound projection); BBC Symphony Orchestra; David Robertson, Martyn
Brabbins, and Pascal Rophé (conductors). Royal Albert Hall, London,
2.8.2008 (MB)
Prom 19, Hesketh, Beethoven
and Rachmaninov:
Paul Lewis (piano), Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall, London,
1.8.2008 (BBr)
Prom 16, Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Bruch and R Strauss:
Janine Jansen (violin), Hallé
Orchestra, Mark Elder, Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.7.2008 (BBr)
Harrogate International
Festival
2008:
Trio Recital. Midori (violin), Jonathan
Biss (piano), Johannes Moser (cello), Schumann, Kirchner, Beethoven,
Harrogate Theatre, UK, 28.7.2008 (JL)
Prom
15, Beethoven and Carter:
Nicholas
Daniel (oboe), BBC Symphony Orchestra,
David Robertson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.7.2008
(MB)
Prom 14, Messiaen, La
Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ : Gerard
Brouwhuis (piano), Adam Walker (flute), Julian Bliss (clarinet),
Sonia Weider-Atherton (cello), Colin Currie (xylorimba), Adrian
Spillet (marimba), Richard Bejafield (vibraphone), BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor) BBC Symphony Chorus,
Philharmonia Voices, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Royal Albert
Hall, London, 27.7.2008 (AO)
Prom
13, The Dr Who Prom : Music by Gold, Copland,
Turnage, Holst, Wagner, Prokofiev, Grainer:
Various artists
and presenters, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra; Stephen Bell and Ben Foster (conductors). Royal Albert
Hall, London 27.7.2008 (JPr)
Prom 12:
Mussorgsky Adès, Prokofiev and Borodin:
Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Anna Dennis
(soprano), Louis Lortie (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Adès (conductor).
Royal Albert Hall, London 26.7.2008 (JPr)
Langlais , Wesley, JS Bach and others :
David Bednall (Organ)
St. Andrew’s Church , Wiveliscombe,
Somerset: 26.7. 2008 (AB)
Debussy, Dubois, Rohozinski:
The Naiades Ensemble: Helen
Manente (flute), Nadya Larsen (viola), Paula Popa (harp). St
George’s Church, Bloomsbury, London 25.7.2008 (CR)
Bennett, McCormack, Butler, Knussen, McCabe:
Linos Wind Quintet (Juliette Bausor (flute),
Daniel Bates (oboe), Christopher Richards (clarinet), Katharine
Willison (bassoon), Christopher Parkes (horn)), Rebecca Wood (oboe),
John McCabe and Alasdair Beatson (piano), Wigmore Hall, London,
25.7.2008 (BBr
Schulhoff, Bruch and
Schubert:
Henschel Quartet (Christoph Henschel
(violin), Markus Henschel (violin), Monika Henschel-Schwind (viola),
Mathias Beyer-Larlshøj
(cello) with Kazuki Sawa (viola), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.7.2008 (BBr)
Prom 6, Messiaen, Saint-Saëns: Olivier
Latry (organ) Orchestre Philharmonique de
Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor), Royal Albert Hall,
London, 21. 7.2008 (AO)
Messiaen,
Bartòk :
Soloists of the Philarmonia Orchestra
(Matthew Schellhorn (piano), James Clark (violin), Barnaby Robson
(clarinet), David Cohen (cello), St George’s Hall Bristol 19.
7.2008 (DRD)
Mendelssohn,
Elijah :
Rebecca Evans (soprano), Leah-Marian Jones
(mezzo), Rhys Meirion (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass), William Dutton
(boy soprano), Philharmonia Chorus, Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, Cardiff
Polyphonic Choir, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Owain Arwel
Hughes OBE (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.7.2008 (GPu)
Cheltenham Festival 2008
(10): Music by
Schubert.
Mark Padmore (tenor); Paul Lewis (piano) Pittville Pump Room
19.7.2008 (JQ)
Prom
2: Bax, Finzi and Elgar:
Andrew Kennedy
(tenor), Nigel Kennedy (violin), BBC
Concert Orchestra; Paul Daniel (conductor). Royal Albert
Hall, London
19.7.2008 (JPr)
First
Night of the 2008 BBC Proms Season :
Christine
Brewer (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard
(piano), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Wayne Marshall (organ), Royal
College of Music Brass, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cond: Jiří
Bĕlohlávek. The Royal Albert Hall, London, 18.7.2008 (ME)
Cheltenham Festival 2008
(9):
Music by
Messiaen. Festival Academy:
Alexandra Wood (violin); Catriona Scott (clarinet); Robin Michael
(cello); Huw Watkins
(piano) Pittville Pump Room
18.7.2008 (JQ)
Cheltenham Festival
2008 (8): Music by Schubert. Florian
Boesch (bass-baritone); Roger Vignoles (piano) Pittville Pump Room
18.7.2008 (JQ)
Tchaikovsky:
Tasmin Little (violin) /
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor), St.
David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.7.2008 (GPu)
Cheltenham Festival 2008
(7):
Music by
Schubert. Paul Lewis (piano); Allan
Clayton (tenor) Pittville Pump Room 17. 7.2008 (JQ)
Bellini, Rossini and
Donizetti:
Juan Diego Flórez
(tenor).
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Barbican
Hall London 12. 7.2008 (MMB)
Cheltenham Festival 2008 (6)
:
Music by Maurice Ravel, Max Bruch and
Ralph Vaughan Williams. Alina Ibragimova (violin); Rachel Nicholls
(soprano); Robert Hardy (speaker); Ladies of the London Symphony
Chorus;Philharmonia Orchestra; Richard Hickox, Tewkesbury Abbey 11.
7.2008 (JQ)
Cheltenham Festival 2008 (5): Music
by Leonin, Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis and St. Godric Estonian
Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier Tewkesbury Abbey 10.
7.2008 (JQ)
City of London Festival 2008
(2)
Mahler:
Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”.
Soloists; Choir of Eltham College; Choral Arts Society of
Washington; London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Valery Gergiev.
St Pau’s Cathedral, 10.7.2008
(CC)
City of London Festival
2008:
Maxwell Davies, Goehr and Haas,
Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jaruskova (violin) – Marie Fuxová
(violin) - Pavel Nikl (viola) – Peter Jarusek (cello)). St Andrew
Holborn, London, 10.7.2008 (BBr)
London Concord
Singers / Malcolm Cottle:
St Michael’s Church, Chester
Square, London, 10.7.2008 (BBr)
Cheltenham Festival 2008
(4):
James Gilchrist (tenor); The Schubert
Ensemble, Pittville Pump Room 8. 7.2008 (JQ)
Cy Coleman: City of Angels:
Students of the Guildhall School of Music
and Drama/John Beswick. Guildhall School Theatre, Guildhall School
of Music and Drama, London, 8.7.2008 (BBr)
Cheltenham Festival 2008
(3) : From Spem to Et Exspecto -
Music by Thomas Tallis, Olivier
Messiaen and Maurice Duruflé.Royal Northern College of Music Wind
Orchestra/Timothy Reynish; The Oriel Singers/Tim Morris; St Cecilia
Singers/Russell Burton; Carleton Etherington (Organ) Tewkesbury
Abbey 7. 7.2008 (JQ)
Cheltenham Music
Festival 2008 (2) : Songs by
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, Benjamin Britten and George
Butterworth.
Matthew Rose (bass) & Gareth Hancock (piano). Pittville Pump Room,
Cheltenham. 6.7.2008 (JQ)
Cheltenham
Music Festival 2008 (1) : Trio
Mediæval and
the
Rolf Lislevand Ensemble,
All Saints Church (12 Noon) and the Pittville Pump Room (3pm)
Cheltenham. 5.7.2008 (BK)
Chichester Festivities 2008 :
Mozart, Schumann Weber, Ireland Messiaen,
Chopin and Goodman,
Emma Johnson (clarinet), John Lenehan (piano). Chichester
Festivities, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham 3.7.2008 (RC)
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)