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UK CONCERT REVIEW INDEX JANUARY -NOVEMBER 2008
Cherubini,
Beethoven,
R. Strauss, Messiaen, Saint-Saëns and Schumann:
Alec Frank-Gemmill
(horn) and Matthew Schellhorn (piano) The Town Hall, Seaton, Devon,
UK 13.11.2008 (BK)
Debussy, Copland and
Rimsky–Korsakov:
James Meldrum (clarinet), Royal College of
Music Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson, Cadogan Hall, London,
13.11.2008 (BBr)
Janáček, Beethoven, and
Brahms:
Andreas Haefliger (piano).
Wigmore Hall,
London, 12.11.2008 (MB)
Bruckner:
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek Barbican Hall, London,
12.11.08 (GD)
Mozart, Brahms, Dvořák:
José Serebrier
(conductor), Rachel-Barton Pine
(violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, London
11.11.2008 (AO)
Stockhausen:
Marco Blaauw
(trumpet), Karin de Fleyt (piccolo),
Nicholas Isherwood (bass), Royal Northern College of Music Wind
Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London,
9.11.2008 (MB)
Britten, War Requiem:
Christine
Brewer (soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) The Royal Opera Chorus, Tiffin Boys’
Choir, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House cond. Antonio Pappano.
Royal Albert Hall, London, 9. 11.2008. (ME)
Schulhoff, Eben, Novák, Janáček,
Martinů, Dvořák:
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo);
Malcolm Martineau (piano). Barbican Concert Hall, 9.11. 2008 (CC)
Holst, John Reeman,
Lawrence Killian and Vaughan Williams:
Todmorden Orchestra, Nicholas Concannon
Hodges, Todmorden Town Hall, Todmorden UK 8.11.2008 (RB)
KLANG - Stockhausen Drei Lieder, Urantia and Tierkreis:
Helena Rasker (alto), Kathinka Pasveer
(sound projection), London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 8.11.2008 (CR)
Barry
Gray Centenary Concert – Thunderbirds Are Go!:
Pascale
Rousse-Lacordaire (Ondes Martenot), Crispin Merrell (piano),
Christos Parlapas (harmonica), Pete Whittaker (Hammond organ), Brian
Blessed (presenter), Voces8. Philharmonia Orchestra; François Evans
(conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.11.2008 (JPr)
Bach, Vivaldi,
Pachebel:
Remus Azoitei (violin /director); Yuri
Kalnits (violin); London Musical Arts Ensemble. St
Martin-in-the-Fields, London. 6.11.2008
(ED)
Liszt, Bartok, Messiaen:
Mitsuko
Uchida and Friends : Mitsuko Uchida
(piano), Soovin Kim (violin), Martin Fröst, (clarinet), Christian
Poltéra (cello), Llŷr Williams (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London. 6.11.2008 (AO)
Beethoven
and Schumann:
London Mozart Players, Alexander Shelley,
Chloe Hanslip, Cheltenham Town Hall, 4.11.08 (RJ)
Stockhausen :
Glanz and Orchester-Finalisten, The
Asko Ensemble, Kathinka Pasveer, Jan Panis, Renee Janker (sound
projection) Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London 2.11.2008 (AO)
Holst, Coles,
Butterworth:
Salomon Orchestra conducted by Martyn
Brabbins, Cheltenham Town Hall. 2.11.2008 (RJ)
Stockhausen:
Bruce Nockles (trumpet), Suzanne
Stevens (bass clarinet), Kathinka Pasveer (flute), London
Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen; Royal College of Music Orchestra, Diego
Masson Michael Olivia (sound projection), Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London 1.11.2008 (AO)
Poulenc, Mahler:
Joanne Boag (soprano), Orchestra and Chorus of
Welsh National Opera, Alexander Polianichko, St. David’s Hall,
Cardiff, 31.10.2008 (GPu)
Mozart, Bruckner:
Benjamin Schmid (violin); Rachel Roberts
(viola); Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi. Royal
Festival Hall, 30.10. 2008 (CC)
Howard Blake 70th Birthday
Concert:
Robert William Blake (treble), Bernard
Cribbins (narrator), William Chen (piano), Patricia Rozario
(soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor), Lars Arvidson (bass-baritone),
London Voices (chorus master: Terry Edawrds), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Howard Blake, Cadogan Hall, London, 28.10.2008 (BBr)
A Celebration of
Bernstein:
Bernstein and Korngold: Margaret
MaDonald (mezzo soprano), Lifei Huang (violin), Chetham's Symphony
Orchestra, Stephen Threlfall, Cadogan Hall, London, 24.10.2008 (BBr)
Beethoven:
Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano).
Hall One,
Kings Place, London, 24.10.2008 (MB)
Rimsky Korsakov, Prokofiev and
Khatchaturian:
Freddy Kempf (Piano) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov
(conductor) Colston Hall, Bristol , 23.10.2008 (RB)
‘Night Music’ –
Stravinsky, Birtwistle, Britten, Handel, and Woolrich:
Mark Padmore (tenor/director for Nocturne),
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Jacqueline
Shave (leader/director), Britten Sinfonia. West Road Concert Hall,
Cambridge, 23.10.2008 (MB)
Messiaen, Debussy, Scriabin :
Lauren Flanigan (soprano),
Roger Muraro (piano), Sylvian Cambreling (conductor), Philharmonia
Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London 23.10.08 (AO)
Sibelius, Beethoven and
Dvořák:
Daniel de Borah (piano), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Garry Walker, Cadogan Hall, London, 21.10.2008 (BBr)
Xenakis, Benjamin, Ligeti, and Messiaen:
Philharmonia
Orchestra, George Benjamin (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London,
21.10.2008 (MB)
Music by
Schubert and Marx, a BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert:
Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Baianu
(piano). Wigmore Hall, London 20.10.2008 (JPr)
Sibelius, Mozart and
Schumann: London Symphony
Orchestra: Imogen Cooper (piano Daniel Harding (conductor)) Barbican
Hall London 19 10 2008 (GD)
Mendelssohn,
Elijah:
Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment with Jeffrey Skidmore (Conductor) and the Ex Cathedra
XL Anniversary Choir, Town Hall, Birmingham 18.10.2008 (GR)
Oxford Lieder Festival (4):
Ravel, Britten and Berkeley
Susan Bickley
(mezzo soprano) Julius Drake (piano), Jaqueline du Pré Building, St
Hilda’s College, Oxford, 18.10.08 (AO)
Liadov,Shostakovich and
Tchaikovsky: Natalia
Gutman (Cello) St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra: Conductor Yan
Pascal TortelierBarbican Hall London 18 .10. 2008 (GD)
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis:
Anne
Schwanewilms (soprano), Annette Jahns
(mezzo), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass). London
Philharmonic Choir. London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by
Christoph Eschenbach. Royal Festival Hall, London. 18.10.2008 (JPr)
Khachaturian, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky:
Freddy Kempf (piano), Moscow Philharmonic
Orchestra, Yuri Simonov, Cadogan Hall, London, 17.10.2008 (BBr)
Berlioz, Roussel and Brahms:
Stephen Osborne (piano), Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève, Edinburgh Festival Theatre,
17.10.2008 (SRT)
Oxford Lieder Festival (3):
Messiaen
Gweneth Ann Jeffers (soprano), Simon Lepper
(piano), Martin Strurfält (piano), New College Ante-Chapel, Oxford
17.10.2008 (AO)
Oxford Lieder Festival 2008 (2):
Duparc, Fauré, Debussy and Ravel
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles
(piano), University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford,
17.10.2008 (AO)
Messiaen, La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists, BBC
Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Voices, The Philharmonia Orchestra,
Kent Nagano (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 16.10.2008 (AO)
Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone);
Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, Thursday, 16.10.2008 (CC)
Alexander, Holst, Munsey, Wagner and Haydn:
Janice Graham (violin/director),
English Sinfonia, Geoffrey Alexander (conductor in his own works),
Cadogan Hall, London, 16.3.2008 (BBr)
Bach and Handel:
David Daniels (Counter-tenor) The English
Concert, Harry Bicket (Director),
Queen
Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre,
London, 15.10.2008
(RC)
Bach and
Handel (Second Opinion):
David Daniels (Counter-tenor) The
English Concert, Harry Bicket (Director),
Queen
Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre,
London, 15.10.2008
(SL)
Sibelius and Rachmaninov:
Alexander Toradze (piano), London
Philharmonic Orchestra. Jukka–Pekka Saraste, Royal Festival Hall,
London, 15.10.2008 (BBr)
Liszt, Debussy, Wagner:
Jean-Efflam
Bavouzet (piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 14.10.2008 (JPr)
Mussorgsky, Bruch, Liszt, Dvořák:
Lara St John (violin), Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, Josep Caballé–Domenech,
Cadogan Hall, London, 14.10.2008 (BBr)
Yamaha
Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Prize-winners’ Concert
:
Joseph Middleton (piano) and Julia
Sporsén (soprano) Adrian Boult Hall Birmingham 14.10.2008 (GR)
Haydn, Mozart and Dvořák:
Alfred Brendel (piano), Philharmonia
Orchestra: Sir Charles Mackerras, Royal Festival Hall, London
12.10.2008 (GD)
Oxford Lieder
Festival 2008: Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin:
James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Oxford Lieder Festival, Holywell Music Room,
Oxford, 12.10.2008 (AO)
Swansea
Festival 2008 (3):
Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov,
Stephen Hough (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / David
Atherton (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 10.10.2008 (GPu)
Mozart, Bruch and
Dvořák:
Sergey Khachatryan (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra: Sir Charles
Mackerras, Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.10.2008 (GD)
Tchaikovsky,
Elgar:
Dmitri Alexeev (piano),
St.Petersburg Philharmonic/ Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)St.
David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.10.2008 (GPu)
Boulez, Messiaen and Bruckner: Sally Matthews
(soprano) London Symphony : Daniel Harding (conductor) Barbican Hall
London 8.10.2008 (GD)
Mahler, Symphony No 3 in D Minor:
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
(conductor) Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.10.2008 (GR)
Swansea Festival 2008 (2) :
Mozart, Hoddinott, Janácek, Beethoven,
Endellion
Quartet;
Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza
(violin), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello), Brangwyn
Hall, Swansea, 7.10.2008 (GPu)
Haydn, Chopin, and Debussy:
Marc-André
Hamelin (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 5.10.2008 (MB)
Swansea
Festival 2008:
Mozart, Karl Jenkins, Vaughan Williams,
Elgar;
John Alley (piano), Gareth Davies (flute), Andrew Haverson
(violin), Neil Percy (percussion), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir
Colin Davies (conductor), Karl Jenkins (conductor in Quirk),
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 4.10.2008 (GPu)
Rachmaninov, Stravinsky:
Nelson Goerner (piano), BBC National
Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St. David’s
Hall, Cardiff, 3.10.2008 (GPu)
Wagner, Brahms and
Sibelius: Boris
Berezovsky (piano) Philharmonia Orcherstra Leif Segerstam
(conductor) Royal Festival Hall 2.10.2008
(GD)
Shostakovich, Wolf and Brahms:
Matthias
Goerne (baritone) Alexander Schmalcz
(piano) Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2.10.2008
(ME)
Sondheim:
Merrily We Roll Along:
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Stuart
Pedler (musical director), Chelsea Theatre, World’s End, London,
2.10.2008 (BBr)
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht and Mahler’s Das Lied von Erde:
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano),
Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Budapest Festival Orchestra; Iván Fischer
(conductor). Royal Festival
Hall, London
1.10.2008 (JPr)
Mozart:
Stephanie Gonley (violin/director), Lawrence
Power (viola), Igor Levit (piano), English Chamber Orchestra,
Cadogan Hall, London, 1.10.2008 (BBr)
Britten and Shostakovitch:
The Carducci Quartet and Nicola Eimer,
Pittville Pump Room Cheltenham, 1.10.2008
(RJ)
'The
Art of the Baroque Concerto':
Soloists, Devon Baroque, Artistic
Director Margaret Faultless, St George’s Church, Tiverton, Devon
28.9.2008 (AB)
Beethoven, Berlioz:
Hélène Grimaud (piano);
Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Festival Hall,
London, 28.9.2008 (CC)
Schubert, Korngold, Weill:
Angelika Kirchschlager
(mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano) Wigmore Hall, 28. 9.2008 (ME)
Beethoven and Walton:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Peter
Coleman–Wright (baritone), London Symphony Chorus (chorus director:
Joseph Cullen), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis, Barbican
Hall, London, 28.9.2008 (BBr)
Richard Strauss,
Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Brahms:
Matthias Goerne (baritone), London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall,
London, 27.9.2008 (BBr)
Handel,
Israel
in Egypt:
Soloists, The London Chorus, New
London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London,
24.9.2008 (MB)
Mozart, Elgar and Vaughan
Williams:
Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), London
Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Barbican Hall, London,
24.9.2008 (BBr)
Bartók, Prokofiev, and
Stravinsky:
Vadim Repin (violin), Soloists,
Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
(conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.9.2008 (MB)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Strauss,
Tchaikovsky:
Joan Rodgers (soprano), London Schools
Symphony Orchestra, Peter Ash, Barbican Hall, London, 23.9.2008 (BBr)
Mozart, Holliger, Schulhoff,
Mussorgsky:
Louis Schwizgebel–Wang (piano), Wigmore Hall,
London, 22.9.2008 (BBr)
Bartók
Day – The six string quartets:
Belcea
Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2008
(MB)
Stravinsky, Ibert,
Mendelsohn and Beethoven: Emmanuel
Pahud (flute), BBC National Orchestra of
Wales /Thierry Fischer, Cheltenham Town
Hall, 20.9.2008 (RJ)
Brahms and Bartók:
Cédric Tiberghien (piano).
Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2008 (MB)
Prom
76, The Last Night of the Proms 2008:
Bryn
Terfel (bass-baritone), Hélène Grimaud (piano), various artists, BBC
Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sir Roger
Norrington (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 13.9.2008 (JPr)
Prom
75, Wagner, Penderecki and Beethoven:
Emma
Bell (soprano), Jane Irwin (mezzo), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Iain
Paterson (bass-baritone). BBC Philharmonic; City of Birmingham
Symphony Chorus, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Royal Albert Hall
London 12.9.2008 (MMB)
Prom
74, Pintscher and Mahler:
Marisol Montalvo
(soprano), Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor),
Royal Albert Hall, London,
11. 9.2008 (AO)
‘In sweet music is such
art’,Vaughan Williams and Friends:
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Jack
Liebeck (violin), Julius Drake (piano), Wigmore Hall, London,
11.9.2008 (BBr)
Prom 73, Vaughan Williams,
Xenakis and Holst:
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), 4-Mality, O
Duo, women’s voices of the Holst Singers (chorus master: Stephen
Farr), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Royal Albert Hall,
London, 10.9.2008 (BBr)
Prom
72, Mozart and Shostakovich:
Murray Perahia (piano); Chicago Symphony
Orchestra/Bernard Haitink.
Royal Albert Hall, 9.9.2008 (CC)
Prom
71, Turnage and Mahler:
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Royal Albert Hall,
London, 8.9.2008 (MB)
Prom
70, Messiaen Saint François
d’Assise :
Soloists, Chorus of the Netherlands Opera,
The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher.
Royal Albert Hall,
7.9.
2008 (CC)
Prom
67, Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time:
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Anthony Marwood
(violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Thomas Larcher (piano) BBC Proms,
Royal Albert Hall, London. 4.9.2008 (CR)
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)
Proms Chamber Music 7,
Coleridge–Taylor and Vaughan Williams:
Mark Padmore (tenor), Nash Ensemble (Richard
Hosford (clarinet), Ian Brown (piano), Marianne Thorsen (violin),
Malin Broman (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Tim Hugh) Cadogan
Hall, London, 1.9.2008 (BBr)
Prom
62, Beethoven and Sibelius:
Nikolaj
Znaider (violin), Gustav Mahler
Jugendorchester; Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall,
London 1.9.2008 (JPr)
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)