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UK CONCERT REVIEW INDEX JUNE - JANUARY 2009
Beethoven,
Mozart, Brahms: Maria
João Pires
(piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Royal Festival
Hall, London, 30.6.2009 (GDn)
Haydn
and Strauss - A Hero’s Life:
Debussy, Ravel,
Villa-Lobos:Yuja Wang (piano); London Symphony Chorus &
Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas. Barbican Hall, 25.6.2009 (CC)
Haydn: Miklós Perényi (violoncello), Philharmonia Orchestra, András Schiff
(piano/conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.6.2009 (MB)
Beethoven: Till Fellner (piano). Wigmore Hall, 23.6.2009 (CC)
Mozart and Brahms: Nelson Freire (piano) London Symphony
Orchestra Colin Davis (conductor) Barbican Hall London, 21. 6. 2009 (GD)
Tchaikovsky and Britten: Elspeth Dutch (Horn) Toby Spence (Tenor) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris
Nelsons (Conductor) Symphony Hall Birmingham, 18.6.2009 (GR)
Messiaen,
Adès, Campbell, Berg:Mercury Quartet, St Michael and All Angels
Church, Croydon 18.6.2009 (CR)
Schubert, Winterreise: Matthias
Goerne (baritone), Christoph
Eschenbach (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 17.6.2009 (MB)
Beethoven, Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Barbican,
London, 17.6.2009 (GDn)
Rameau,
Dukas, Couperin, and Ravel: Angela
Hewitt (piano), Wigmore
Hall, London, 13.6.2009 (MB)
Aldeburgh Summer
Festival 2009:The 62nd Festival's Opening
Weekend, 13.6.2009 (J-PJ)
Kurt Weill, Die
Dreigroschenoper: (Concert
Performance) Soloists,
Chorus sine nomine, Klangforum Wien; HK Gruber (chansonnier/conductor).
Barbican Hall, London 13.6.2009 (JPr)
Haydn,
Mendelssohn, Guerrero, Franck, Purcell and Handel: Soloists, Ely Cathedral Choirs and
Orchestra, Choirs of Girton and
Selwyn Colleges, Cambridge / Various Directors. The Cathedral, Ely, UK
13.6.2009 (RW)
Wagner,
Richard Strauss, Beethoven ... and Lerner and Loewe: Deborah Voigt
(soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch (conductor).Barbican
Hall, London 12.6.2009 (JPr)
Berg, Mahler : Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. RFH, 11.6.2009 (CC)
Ravel: Susan Graham (mezzo) London Symphony
Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier, Barbican Hall, London, 11.6.2009 (J-PJ)
Schumann, Bach,
Janáček, and Beethoven:Piotr Anderszewski (piano),
Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.6.2009 (MB)
KODO - One
Earth Tour, Europe 2009 : Royal Festival Hall, London,
7.6.2009 (CC)
Sound Census 4 -
Fox, Cashian, Elias, Amissah, Payne, Mojsiejenka, Duddell, Wills: Endymion, Quentin Poole &
Simon Wills (conductors), Hall One, Kings Place, London 6.6.2009 (CR)
‘Remembering Evelyn’: A recital celebrating
the life and music making of Lady Barbirolli. The Barbirolli Room,
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK, 6.6. 2009 (SA)
Debussy, Elgar, Beethoven: Torleif Thedéen (cello) London
Philharmonic Orchestra/Mario Venzago, Royal Festival Hall, London,
5.6.2009 (J-PJ)
Sound
Census 3 -Feldman: Endymion, Kings Place, London,
5.6.2009 (GDn)
Martinu, Szymanowski,
Dvořák: Alina Ibragimova (violin) BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Walter Weller (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
3.6.2009 (GPu)
Haydn: András Schiff (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 31.5.2009 (MB)
Berg, Mahler:
Christian Tetzlaff (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Festival Hall, London,
28.5.2009 (CC)
Lena Langer, Vache Shasafyan, Komitas Vartabed, Aram Khachaturian: The Leon Bakst Collective.
bakst2705The Forge, Camden Town, London. 27.5.2009 (ED)
Elgar, Stravinsky, and Brahms:
Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2009 (MB)
Brighton Festival
2009 - Rimsky-Korsakov and
Ravel: Sarah
Connolly, mezzo-soprano, Brighton Festival Chorus, Orchestre National de Lorraine, Jacques Mercier cond, Brighton Festival in The Dome, 24.5.2009 (RA).
Haydn and Mahler: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor), Jean-Gulhen Queyras (cello) Barbican Centre London 23. 5. 2009 (GD)
Grieg, Schubert, Mozart, Piazzolla: The Academy of St. Martin in
the Fields (Strings), Julian Rachlin (soloist
and director) Cadogan Hall, London 23.5.2009 (MMB)
Grieg, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Holst: Vilde Frang
(violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir/Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.5.09 (J-PJ)
Brighton Festival
2009 -Mozart, Mahler: Piotr Anderszewksi
piano,
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-Pekka Salonen, The Dome,
Brighton, 22.5.2009 (RA)
Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Bartók, Ravel: Anne-Sophie Mutter
(violin) / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 20.5.09
(ED
Wolf: Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.5.09 (GDn)
Mozart, Prokofiev, Grieg, Beethoven: Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, London, 18.5.2009 (GDn)
Haydn in Love - Haydn, Mozart: Gary Cooper (fortepiano), Madeleine Easton (1st violin), Albrecht Kuhner (2nd violin) Jane Rogers (viola), Catherine Rimer (cello) of The Hanover Band, Old Market, Hove, 17.5.2009 (RA)
Beethoven, Schumann: Lise de la Salle (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 17.5. 2009 (CC)
Elias, Haydn and Tchaikovsky: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bĕlohlávek (conductor), Barbican Hall London 16.5.2009 (GD)
Purcell: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Margaret Faultless, Choir of the Enlightenment, King’s Place, London, 15.5 2009 (J-PJ)
Beethoven, Dvořák, Brahms: David Cohen (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.5.2009 (GDn)
Haydn, Mozart, and Berlioz: Antony Pike (clarinet), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 13.5.2009 (MB)
Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn: Gillian Keith (soprano), Elizabeth Cragg (mezzo), Northern Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Quay Voices / Thomas Zehetmair, The Sage, Gateshead/Newcastle upon Tyne, 13.05.2009 (JL)
Tallis, Sheppard, Byrd, Mundy: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, Cadogan Hall, London, 12.5.2009 (GDn)
Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Haydn: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Neal Davies (baritone), Northern Sinfonia, Volkov, The Sage, Gateshead/Newcastle upon Tyne, 7.5.2009 (JL)
Beethoven, Haydn and Schumann: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Takács String Quartet. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 11.5.2009 (CC)
Beethoven, Ravel and Rachmaninov: Barbirolli Quartet, Alissa Firsova (piano), Wigmore Hall, 11.5.2009 (BBr)
Mendelssohn, Schumann and Dvořák: Jonathan Biss (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Von Dohnanyi, Royal Festival Hall, London, 10.5.2009 (GD)
Beethoven and Mahler: Birgit Remmert (mezzo), John Daszak (tenor), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka, St David’s Hall, Cardiff 8.5.2009 and Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 9.5.2009 (GPu)
Stravinsky, Korngold and Rachmaninov: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2009 (BBr)
Wagner and Vaughan Williams: Emma Bell (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 9.05.2009 (SRT)
Contemporary Percussion: Soloists, Royal College of Music percussionists/David Hockings, Amarylis Fleming Concert Hall, London, 8.5.2009 (J-PJ)
Smetana, Beethoven and Dvořák: Freddy Kempf (piano), Prague Symphony Orchestra, Libor Pešek, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 07.05.09 (GPu)
Schumann and Brahms: Kate Royal (soprano); Christopher Glynn (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, Thursday, 7.5.2009 (CC)
Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Rachmaninov: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Barbican Hall, London, 7.5.2009 (GDn)
Roderick Williams – an Evening of Lieder in the heart of England: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano), Forum Theatre, Malvern, 07.05.2009 (SL)
Finzi, Gershwin and Mahler: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor/piano) Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, England 6.5.2009 (IL)
Grieg, Bruch
and Beethoven:
Sarah Chang (violin),
Philharmonia Orchestra, Joji Hattori,
Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.5.2009 (BBr)
Schumann, Brahms:
Kate Royal
(soprano); Christopher Glynn (piano).
Wigmore Hall, London 7.5.2009 (CC)
Berlioz, Martinů and Dvořàk:
Thomas Rann (cello), London Phoenix
Orchestra, Levon Parikian, St John’s, Smith Square, London, 5.5.2009
(BBr)
Janáček, Dvořák and Rachmaninov:
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Thomas Zehetmair, Mark Elder, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1.5. 2009 (GDn)
Fauré, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Schubert:
William Howard (piano), King’s Place,
London, 1.5.2009 (J-PJ)
Mendelssohn,
Panufnik, Haydn, Stane:
Tasmin Little (vioin), Orchestra of the Swan,
David Curtis. Stratford on Avon Civic Hall, 1.5.2009 (RJ)
Rachmaninov:
Academy Concert Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka,
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1.5.2009 (BBr)
Stravinsky,
Haydn, Weber and Ravel:
Robin Williams (oboe), Peter Whelan
(bassoon), Ruth Crouch (violin), David Watkin (cello), Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, Christian Zacharias (conductor and piano),
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 30.4.2009 (SRT)
BBC Lunchtime Concert - Schubert: Florian Boesch
(baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) LSO
St.Luke's 30.4.2009 (BBr)
Wagner and Bruckner:
Katherine Broderick (soprano), Karen
Cargill (mezzo), Robert Murray (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC
Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiří Bělohlávek
(conductor). Barbican Hall, London 30.4.2009 (JPr)
Berlioz, Sibelius and
Rachmaninov:
Nicola Benedetti (violin),
Philharmonia
Orchestra,
Hugh Wolff,
Royal Festival
Hall, London, 30.4.2009 (BBr)
Berlioz, Sibelius,
Rachmaninov:
(Second Opinion) Nicola
Benedetti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Wolff. Cheltenham Town Hall,
29.4.2009 (RJ)
Bach, Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Angela
Hewitt (piano), Royal Festival Hall,
29.4.2009 (GD)
Stravinsky, Schönberg
and Mahler/Erwin Stein: Eri
Nakamura (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clement Power,
Purcell Room, London, 29.4.2009 (BBr)
Barrière, Ravel, Saint–Saëns and
Fauré:
Razumovsky Ensemble (Tine Thing Helseth
(trumpet),
Philippe Graffin, Alina
Pogostkina, Elisabeth Dingstad (violins), Ida Bryhn (viola),
Oleg Kogan, Andreas
Brantelid (cellos), Ha–Young Jung (double bass), Claire Désert
(piano)),
Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2009 (BBr)
Prokofiev: Martha Argerich (piano) Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor) Royal
Festival Hall, London, 27.4. 2009 (CC)
Webern, Brahms, Berg, and
Debussy:
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre
Tharaud (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.4.2009 (MB)
Dvořák,
Kurt Schwertsik and Bruckner:
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, Kritstjan Järvi, Edinburgh Festival Theatre,
26.4.2009 (SRT)
Bach, Cello
Suites 1-4 :
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) The Cathedral, Ely,
UK 26.4.2009 (RW)
Bach, Brahms, and Bartók:
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lars Vogt
(piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.4.2009 (MB)
Schumann and Schubert/Mahler:
Ilya Gringolts (violin), Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, Joseph Swensen, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.4.2009 (SRT)
Berlioz, Saint-Saëns and
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Orchestra
of Welsh National Opera / Kirill Karabits, St. David’s Hall,
Cardiff, 24. 4.2009 (GPu)
Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Debussy
and Stravinsky:
Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello), Orchestra
Nationale d'Ile de France, Yoel Levi,
Cadogan Hall,
London, 24.4.2009 (BBr)
Haydn and Mozart:
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Orchestra of the Age
of Enlightenment, Edward Gardner, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London,
23.4.2009 (J-PJ)
BBC Lunchtime Concert -
Schubert:
Katarina Karnéus
(mezzo soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), LSO St. Luke’s 23.4.2009 (BBr)
Mendelssohn, Brahms and
Schumann:
Hélène Grimaud (piano); Philharmonia
Orchestra/Philippe Jordan. Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2009
(CC)
Schubert:
Imogen
Cooper (piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22.4.2009 (BBr)
Brahms, Stravinsky and
Schumann:
Steven Osborne (piano), Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, England,
22.4.2009 (IL)
Kancheli, Yusupov and Silvestrov:
Mischa Maisky (cello), London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall,
22.4.2009 (GD)
Beethoven:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Pierre-Laurent
Aimard, Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.4.2009 (GDn)
Tan Dun and Mahler:
Lang Lang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra,
Tan Dun and Daniel Harding, Barbican Hall, London 21.4.2009 (JPr)
Bartók and Bruckner:
Lang Lang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra,
Daniel Harding, Barbican Hall, London, 20.4.2009 (GDn)
The Rosemary Branch
Festival 2009:
Richard Strauss and Viktor Ullmann:
Catrine Kirkman, John Savournin (speakers), David Eaton (piano), The
Rosemary Branch, Islington, London, 19.4.2009 (BBr)
Beethoven and Brahms:
Lars Vogt (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra,
Philippe Jordan, Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.4.2009 (MB)
Wagner, Berg and Strauss:
Lisa Milne (soprano), BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 17.4.2009
and St. David’s Hall, Cardiff 18.4.2009 (GPu)
Johann Christoph Bach and
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer:
Julia Doyle, Katherine Fuge (soprano), Clare
Wilkinson (alto), Jeremy Budd, James Gilchrist, Nicholas Mulroy
(tenor), Matthew Brook, Peter Harvey (bass), The English Baroque
Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Cadogan Hall, London, 16.4.2009 (GDn)
BBC Lunchtime Concert -
Schubert Plus:
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roger Vignoles
(piano), LSO St Luke’s, London, 16.4.2009 (BBr)
Rachmaninov and Stravinsky:
Nikolai Lugansky (piano),
Philharmonia
Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka
Saraste, Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.4.2009 (BBr)
Bartók and Tchaikovsky:
Simón Bolivár Youth Orchestra of
Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel. Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.4.2009
(CC)
Beethoven, Hummel, Kurtág
and Mendelssohn:
The Vienna Piano Trio, Wigmore Hall,
London, 14.4.2009 (GDn)
Charpentier,
Leçons de ténèbres :
Les Talens Lyriques (Erika
Escribá-Astaburuaga (soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Anders
Dahlin (tenor), Kaori Uemura (viola da gamba),
Christophe Rousset (conductor, organ and harpsichord), Wigmore Hall,
London 11.4.2009 (MMB)
Bernstein, Fraser, Ellerby,
Nogueira, Rudin and Williams:
James Gourlay (tuba), National Youth Wind
Orchestra of Great Britain, Matthew George, Cadogan Hall, London
9.4.2009 (CR)
Bach, St Matthew Passion:
Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment, Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.4.2009 (GDn)
Haydn and Gesualdo:
Hilliard Ensemble, Chilingirian Quartet,
Wigmore Hall, London, 8.4.2009 (GDn)
Michael Nyman - Films to
Write Music To:
Motion Trio, Michael Nyman Band, Michael
Nyman (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 8.4.2009 (BBr
Copland, Saint Saëns, Maxwell Davies and Orff:
Claire Seaton (soprano), Paul Hopwood (tenor), Koji Terada
(baritone), Boys of St Albans Cathedral Choir, EC4 Music Orchestra &
Choir, Tim Crosley, Barbican Hall, London, 7.4.2009 (J-PJ)
Bach,
St Matthew Passion (London Concert):
Soloists,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
St Thomas' Boys Choir,
Tölz Boys Choir, Riccardo
Chailly, Barbican, London
5.4.2009 (GD)
Smetana, Brahms and Dvorak:
Ian
Fountain (Piano), Worthing Symphony Orchestra,
John Gibbons cond., Assembly Hall, Worthing 5.4.2009
(RA)
Mendelssohn and Brahms :
Roberto
Prosseda (piano); Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Stéphane Degout
(baritone); London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra/Yannick
Nézet-Séguin. Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.4.2009 (CC)
Strauss, Maazel
and Sibelius:
James Galway (flute), Philharmonia
Orchestra / Lorin Maazel (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff,
4.4.2009 (GPu)
Purcell, Brahms, Britten, Duparc,
Welsh Traditional and Rachmaninov:
Natalya Romaniw (soprano) Simon Lepper
(piano) St David’s Hall, Cardiff 3.4.2004 (MS)
Nielsen, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich:
Akiko
Suwanai (violin), BBC National Orchestra
of Wales, / François-Xavier Roth (conductor), St. David’s Hall,
Cardiff, 3.4.2009 (GPu)
Mozart, Schoenberg, Schubert,
Chopin:
Jonathan
Biss (piano). Wigmore Hall, 2.4.2009 (CC)
Beethoven: Elizabeth
Atherton (soprano), Leah Marian Jones
(mezzo), Geraint Dodd (tenor), David Soar (bass), Royal Welsh
College of Music and Drama Symphony Orchestra, Royal Welsh College
of Music and Drama College Chorus, Bristol Choral Society, Sir
Charles Mackerras (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 30.3.2009
(GPu)
Shostakovich, Ireland and Berlioz:
Mark Bebbington
(piano) Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra/Ian McRae 29.3. 2009,
Worthing Assembly Hall, West Sussex, UK (RB)
Beethoven, Richard Strauss and Ravel:
Anja Harteros (soprano), Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra: Mariss Jansons (conductor), SBC, Royal Festival
Hall, 29.3.2009 (GD)
Martinů,
Juliette:
(sung in French, text edited Harry
Halbreich; UK premiere of Urtext edition by Aleš Březina). Soloists,
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiří Bĕlohlávek. Barbican Hall,
London, 27.3. 2009 (CC)
Janáček,
Brahms, Ysaÿe, and Franck:
Joshua Bell (violin), Jeremy Denk (piano), Wigmore Hall, London,
26.3.2009 (MB)
Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony:
Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), The
Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra; Benjamin Zander (conductor).
Westminster
Cathedral,
London 24.3.2009 (JPr)
Mélodies
Françaises
-
A programme of French song from the late 19th century and
the early 20th: Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor),
Jerome Ducros (piano), Purcell Room, London, 23.3.2009 (MMB)
Berg and Mahler:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Royal Festival Festival Hall 22.3.2009 (GD)
Handel, Bach, Purcell,
Vivaldi:
Clare Lloyd, Ruth Jenkins (soprano), David
Allsopp (countertenor), Edward Grint (bass), King’s College Choir,
Cambridge, Florilegium, Stephen Cleobury, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff,
22.3.2009 (GPu)
Verdi, Requiem:
Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Olga Borodina
(mezzo soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass),
Orchestra and Chorus of the ROH, Antonio Pappano, Birmingham
Symphony Hall, 20.3.2009 (GR)
J. C. Bach, Mozart:
Piotr Anderszewski (piano/director),
Christopher George (director), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Queen’s
Hall, Edinburgh, 19. 3.2009 (SRT)
Bach, Berg, and Kurtág:
Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Alina
Ibragimova (violin/director)*, Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave
(violin/director), West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 19.3.2009 (MB)
Mozart and Beethoven:
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers
(mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson
(baritone), London Symphony Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Daniele Gatti, Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.3.2009 (MB)
Sir Roger Norrington’s
75th Birthday Concert:
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Orchestra of
the Age of Enlightenment, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, The
Schütz Choir of London, Terry Edwards, Sir Roger Norrington, Royal
Festival Hall, London 16.3.2009 (JPr)
Haydn, Debussy, Ravel:
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) BBC
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Wigmore Hall, London 16.3.2009 (CC)
Schumann and Bruckner:
Murray Perahia (piano), Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Barbican Hall, London,
15.3.2009 (MB)
Beethoven, Schumann,
Liszt:
Boris Berezovsky (piano), Royal
Festival Hall, London, 15.3.2008 (CC)
The
Southampton Haydathon - All 104 symphonies in three
days:
Various
orchestras and conductors, Turner Sims
Concert Hall, University of Southampton, UK. 13-15.3.2009 (PCW)
Mozart, Debussy, and Beethoven:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard
Haitink, Barbican Hall, London, 14.3.2009 (MB)
Barber, Purcell, Howells,
Bax and Scarlatti:
Mosaic, Nicholas Robinson,
Tom
Winpenny(organ),
St Peter’s Church, St Albans, Herts, 14.3.2009 (CR)
Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schubert:
Stephen Hough (piano),
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Royal Festival
Hall, London, 14.3.2009 (BBr)
The
London Handel Festival 2009:
Acis
& Galatea at St. Lawrence Whitchurch,
Saturday 14.3.2009 (SL)
Verdi, Requiem:
Micaela Carosi (soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Olga Borodina (mezzo soprano), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), The
Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera
House, London 13.3.2009 (JPr)
Berlioz: The Damnation of
Faust:
Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano – Margarite),
Jean-Pierre Furlan (tenor - Faust), Nicholas Cavallier (baritone –
Mephistopheles), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone – Brander), City of
Birmingham Symphny Chorus and Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot, Birmingham
Symphony Hall 12.3.2009 (GR)
Dutilleux,
Wagner Parsifal Act III:
London Symphony Orchestra; Tim Hugh
(cello), Valery Gergiev (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 12.3.2009
(JPr)
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky :
James Ehnes (violin), Scotish Chamber
Orchestra / Louis Langrée, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12. 3.2009 (SRT)
Schoenberg and Zemlinsky:
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Juha
Uusitalo (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
(conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.3.2009 (MB)
Knussen:
Claire Booth (soprano), Ryan Wigglesworth
(piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth, Royal Festival
Hall, London, 12.3.2009 (MB)
Haydn:
Gillian Ramm (soprano), Joshua Ellicott (tenor), The Classical Opera
Company, Ian Page, Kings Place, London 12.3.2009 (GDn)
Keiko Abe and Dvořák:
Yin–Shan Hsieh (marimba), RCM Sinfonietta,
Robin O’Neill
Amaryllis
Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London, 12.3.2009 (BBr)
Dvořák
and Brahms:
Daniel Müller–Schott
(cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Royal
Festival Hall, London, 11.3.2009 (BBr)
Purcell, Adam Walaciński, John Woolrich, and Schoenberg:
Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave
(violin/director). West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 10.3.2009 (MB)
Mendelssohn, Beethoven:
Eroica String Quartet, Coffee Concert
Series, Old Market, Hove, 8.3.2009 (RA)
Alwyn, Bruch, Rubbra,
Mendelssohn:
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Worthing
Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons, Assembly Hall, Worthing, 8.3.2009
(RA)
Haydn, Beethoven
and Mendelssohn:
Natasha Paremski (piano), Berlin Symphony
Orchestra (Konzerthausorchester Berlin), Lothar Zagrosek, Cadogan
Hall, London, 7.3.2009 (BBr)
Berlioz, Debussy, Dvořák:
Philippe Cassard (piano), BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor), Brangwyn Hall,
Swansea 6.3.2009 (GPu)
Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky:
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano,
Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.3.2009 (GD)
Mozart, Bartók, Bach,
Brahms:
Members of the Emerson Quartet (Philip
Setzer, Eugene Drucker, violins; Lawrence Dutton, viola) with Ralph
Kirshbaum (cello) and Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London, 5.3. 2009 (CC)
'Paul
Robeson Legacy' with Sir Willard White:
Willard White (bass-baritone), Neal
Thornton (piano and arrangements), Richard Bolton (guitar); LSO St
Luke’s, London 5.3.2009 (JPr)
Britten,
War Requiem, op.66:
(1961/1962)
Monica Bancos (soprano), John McMunn (tenor),
James Oldfield ( baritone), RCM Chorus (chorus master: Terry
Edwards), RCM Junior Department Children’s Chorus, RCM Symphony
Orchestra, Martin André,
Andrew Gourlay (chamber orchestra conductor), Amy Bebbington
(children’s chorus conductor), Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal
College of Music, London, 5.3.2009 (BBr)
Haydn, Beethoven
and Mendelssohn:
Sayako Kusaka (violin), Berlin Symphony
Orchestra (Konzerthausorchester) Berlin, Lothar Zagrosek, Cadogan
Hall, London, 4.3.2009 (BBr)
Beethoven, Schumann,
Chopin:
Maurizio
Pollini (piano)
Royal Festival
Hall. 4.3 2009
(CC)
Elgar,
Copland,
Stravinsky
and Shostakovich:
Conrad Tao (piano), Huw Morgan (trumpet),
Badke Quartet [Heather Badke – Emma Parker (violins), Enikö
Magyar (viola), Jonathan Byers (cello)],
String Orchestra from the
Royal
Academy of Music, London, and the Julliard School, New York, Clio
Gould (violin), Wigmore Hall, London, 3.3.2009 (BBr)
Mendelssohn,
Elijah:
Anna Leese, Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano),
Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Neal Davies
(bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, BBC
National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St.
David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1.3.2009 (GPu)
Schoenberg,
Gurrelieder:
Soloists, City of Birmingham Chorus;
Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal
Festival Hall, London 28.2.2009
(CC)
Schoenberg,
Gurrelieder: Soloists,
City of Birmingham Chorus; Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra
/ Esa-Pekka Salonen, Symphony
Hall , Birmingham 27.2.2009
(BK)
Handel:
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Northern Sinfonia/Bradley Creswick, The Sage,
Gateshead/Newcastle upon Tyne, 27.2.2009 (JL)
Schubert, Respighi,
Mendelssohn:
Maria Luigia Borsi (soprano), Scotish Chamber
Orchestra, Maurizio Benini, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 26.02.2009 (SRT)
Schubert, Beethoven, Butterworth, and Schumann:
Ronan Collett (baritone), Iain Burnside
(piano). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 26.2.2009 (MB)
Pavel Haas, Smetana
and Dvořák:
Shai Wosner (piano)
Pavel Haas Quartet
(Veronika
Jaruskova and Eva Karova (violins), Pavel Nikl (viola), Peter
Jarusek (cello)),
Wigmore Hall,
London, 26.2.2009 (BBr)
Britten, Kabalevsky,
Dvořák:
Steven Isserlis (cello), Bournemouth
Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits, Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset,
England 25.2.2009 (IL)
Ireland, Finzi and Haydn:
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Mary Bevan
(soprano), Catherine Hooper (mezzo soprano), Adrian Ward (tenor),
Peter Willcock (baritone), The London Chorus (chorus master: Ronald
Corp), The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp, Cadogan Hall, London,
25.2.2009 (BBr)
John Adams, Samuel Barber and Beethoven:
Joshua Bell (violin), Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, Barbican Hall, London 24.2.2009 (GD)
A Little Light Music:
Gershwin, Leroy Anderson, Bernstein and Shostakovich:
London Phoenix Orchestra, Levon Parikian,
Cadogan Hall, London, 24.2.2009 (BBr)
Mozart and Berlioz:
Richard Goode (piano), Colin Lee (tenor),
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
(conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 22.2.2009 (MB)
Schumann, Brahms,
Mendelssohn:
Gould Piano Trio, Coffee Concert, Old
Market, Hove 22.2.2009 (RA)
Mozart and Mahler:
Emanuel Ax (piano),
Philharmonia Orchestra; Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Royal Festival
Hall, London, 21.2.2009 (JPr)
Rachmaninov, Mozart and Richard
Strauss:
Leon Fleisher (piano), London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2009
(GD)
Transfigured Night: Works
by Schoenberg, Messiaen and Strauss,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (Conductor)
Symphony Hall Birmingham 19.2. 2009 (GR)
Haydn and
Bruckner:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor). Royal
Festival Hall (London), 19.2.2009 (MB)
Berlioz, Lalo, Prokofiev:
Vadim Repin (violin); Philharmonia
Orchestra, Ion Marin. Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.2.2009 (CC)
Beethoven:
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Barbican Hall,
London, 17.2.2009 (GD)
Debussy, Richard Harrold, Thomas Adès, and
Fauré:
Cédric
Tiberghien (piano), Britten Sinfonia. West Road Concert Hall,
Cambridge, 17.2.2009 (MB)
Romantic Valentine’s Classics:
Sunwook Kim (piano), Royal Scottish National
Orchestra / David Danzmayr (conductor)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 15.2.2009 (SRT)
Luis Soldado, Rachmaninov and
Shostakovich:
Konstantin Lapshin (piano), Royal College of
Music Sinfonietta, Samuel Draper, Peter Stark, Cadogan Hall, London,
13.2.2009 (BBr)
Rimsky–Korsakov, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky:
Tatiana Polianskaya (piano),
Russian State
Philharmonic Orchestra,
Valery Poliansky, Cadogan Hall,
London,
12.2.2009 (BBr)
Mozart and Elgar:
Lise de la Salle (piano), Philharmonia
Orchestra, Sir Charles
Mackerras, Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.2.2009 (GD)
Haydn and Bruckner:
Truls Mørk
(cello),
London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick
Nezet–Seguin, Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.2. 2009 (BBr)
Haydn:
Jerusalem Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London,
10.2.2009 (MB)
Webern, Haydn and Beethoven:
Imogen Cooper (piano), Britten Sinfonia,
Jacqueline Shave (violin/director), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London,
9.2.2009 (BBr)
Mendelssohn, Mozart and Tchaikovsky:
Yefim Bronfman (piano), Philarmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Royal
Festival Hall, London, 5 & 8.2.2009 (GD)
Total Immersion - Murail Composer Day:
Barbican Centre, London 7.2.2009 (CR)
Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák:
Wihan String Quartet, Old Market Coffee
Series, Hove,Sussex, 8.2.2009 (RA)
Schubert,
Strauss, Britten, Duparc, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini:
Ben Heppner (tenor), Thomas Muraco (piano). Barbican Hall, London
6.2.2009 (JPr)
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven,
Brahms:
Murray Perahia (piano). Barbican Hall, ,
5.2. 2009 (CC)
Stravinsky, Mozart, Schumann:
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano),
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Olari Elts (conductor),
Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, England 4.2.2009 (IL)
Mahler and Beethoven:
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Lisa Milne
(soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), Peter Auty (tenor). Peter
Rose (bass), London Philharmonic Choir (artistic director: Neville
Creed), London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, Royal Festival Hall, London,
4.2.2009 (BBr)
Mendelssohn, Tito Medek and Vaughan Williams:
Guido Shiefen (cello),
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel
Yinon,
Cadogan Hall, London, 3.2.2009 (BBr)
Rimsky–Korsakov, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov:
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Philharmonia
Orchestra,
Tugan Sokhiev, RFH, London, 31.1.2009 (BBr)
Haydn, Britten, Chopin:
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano),St Martin
in the Fields, London, England 30.1.2009 (CM)
Dvořák, Glazunov, Borodin:
Alexandra Soumm (violin), Royal Scottish
National Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev, Edinburgh Festival Theatre,
30.1.2009 (SRT)
Rachmaninov and Stravinsky:
Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore
(two pianos), LSO St Luke’s, London, 29.1.2009 (BBr)
Wagner-Passion
Beyond Reason :
CBSO Concert
with Andris Nelsons (Conductor) and Irene
Theorin (soprano) Symphony Hall,
Birmingham Jan 29th 2009 (GR)
Berlioz and Tchaikovsky:
James Ehnes (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev, Royal
Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2009 (GD)
Mendelssohn Elijah:
Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone), Lucy
Crowe (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor),
Libby Crabtree (soprano II), Anne Lewis (mezzo II), SCO Chorus (Mark
Hindley (chorus master)), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Yannick
Nézet-Séguin, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 29. 1.2009 (SRT)
Fauré, Beethoven and Sibelius:
Jack Liebeck (violin), Kensington Symphony
Orchestra, Russell Keable,
Cadogan Hall, London,
28.1.2009 (BBr)
Stravinsky and Bartók:
Elena Zhidkova (soprano), Sir Willard
White (bass-baritone), London Symphony
Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Barbican Hall, London,
27.1.2009 (MB)
Tchaikovsky:
Nicolas Koeckert (violin),
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra,
José
Serebrier, Cadogan Hall, London, 27.1.2008 (BBr)
A
Tribute To Hans Hotter :
Shenyang,
bass-baritone,
Llŷr Williams
(piano) BBC
Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 25.1.2009 (JJ)
Mahler, R. Strauss:
Christine Brewer (soprano); LSO/Leif
Segerstam. Barbican Hall, 25.1 2009 (CC)
Henze, Holt, Hoddinott:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac
van Steen, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 24. 1.2009 (GPu)
Schumann, Mendelssohn:
Nicholas Angelich (piano), Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 24.1.2009
(SRT)
Mendelssohn and
Schumann:
Steven Isserlis (cello). Orchestre des
Champs-Élysées; Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Barbican Hall London
24.1.2009 (MMB)
Hoddinott, Varèse, Holt, Beethoven, Sibelius, Ravel:
Baiba Skride (violin), Llŷr Willams
(piano), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of
Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff,
22.1.2009 (GPu)
Rachmaninov, Hahn and
Korngold:
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Phillip
Thomas (piano), LSO St Luke’s, London, 22.1.2009 (BBr)
In Dark Times - Poetry and
Songs of Bertolt Brecht 1929 – 1947:
Daniel Evans (tenor), Jenny Galloway
(actor), Christopher Kelham (actor), Simon Haram (saxophone), Sam
Walton (percussion), Dominic Muldowney (piano), Kings Place, Hall
One, London, 22.1.2009 (BBr)
Brahms, Schumann, Matthews:
Jonathan Biss (piano), Northern Sinfonia,
Thomas Zehetmair, The Sage Concert Hall, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon
Tyne, 22.1.2009 (JL)
Rossini,
Respighi, Haydn, Beethoven:
Mario Brunello (cello), Royal Scottish
National Orchestra / Roberto Abbado (conductor)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 21.01.2009 (SRT)
Britten, Sibelius, Elgar:
Lisa Batiashvili (violin), London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Royal Festival Hall,
London, 21.1.2009 (BBr)
Knussen, Britten, Wigglesworth, and Johann Strauss:
Britten
Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave (violin/director), Ryan Wigglesworth
(conductor). West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 20.1.2009 (MB)
Ginastera, Piazzolla and
Revueltas:
Carel Kraayenhof
(bandoneon), London
Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi,
Barbican Hall, London, 20.1.2009 (BBr)
Haydn,
Rihm, Schumann:
Takács String Quartet,
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 20.1.2009 (CC)
Purcell, Handel, Haydn:
Les Musiciens du Louvre – Grenoble,
cond. Marc Minkowski, Nicholas Jenkins, chorus master; Lucy Crowe
(soprano) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) David Bates (countertenor)
Anders J. Dahlin, Richard Croft (tenors) Neil Baker (bass-baritone)
Luca Tittoto (bass) Barbican Hall, London, 18. 1. 2009 (ME)
Total
Immersion – Stockhausen Day: Kathinka
Pasveer and Alain Louafi
(dancer-mimes), Emma Tring (soprano), Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC
Singers,
Guildhall New Music Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Hill,
Richard Baker
and David Robertson (conductors). Barbican Centre and Jerwood Hall, LSO
St
Luke’s, 17.1.2009 (MB)
Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Ravel:
Kate Royal (soprano), Scottish Chamber
Orchestra / Olari Elts (conductor) Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh,
17.1.2009 (SRT)
Strauss, Mozart, Ravel and
Stravinsky:
Jonathan Biss (piano), London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.1.2009 (BBr)
Beethoven,
Mendelssohn, Mathieu, Mozart: Alain
and David Lefevre (piano and violin), London Mozart Players, Matthias
Bamert,
Cheltenham Town Hall, 16.1.2009 (RJ)
Handel, Jephtha :
Soloists,
City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,
Nicholas McGegan (Conductor)
Town
Hall, Birmingham 15.1 2009 (GR)
Martinů, Mendelssohn, R .
Strauss:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); London
Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Elder. RFH, 14.1. 2009 (CC)
Mahler:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
(conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 14.1.2009 (MB)
Haydn – Symphonies for Six:
Florilegium
(Ashley Solomon (flute), Catherine Martin –
Hannah Tibell (violins), Alfonso Leal del Ojo (viola), Jennifer
Marsches (cello), Terence Charlston (fortepiano), 14.1.2009 (BBr)
Endless
Pleasure - Handel
Arias:
‘A tour of
Handel’s London operas’ The Classical
Opera Company, cond.
Ian
Page; Sophie Bevan (soprano) Gillian Keith (soprano) Anna Stéphany
(mezzo-soprano) Michael Maloney (reader). Wigmore Hall, 12. 1.
2009 (ME)
Haydn,
Robin Holloway, Beethoven: Sacconi
String Quartet, Coffee
Concert, Old Market, Hove, 11.1.2009 (RA)
Verdi,
Requiem:
Christine
Brewer (soprano), Stuart
Neill (tenor), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Relyea
(bass), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin
Davis (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 11.1.2009 (JPr)
Wagner, Mahler:
Alice Coote (mezzo soprano), Paul Nilon
(tenor), Members Of The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark
Elder, Wigmore Hall, London, 9.1.2009 (BBr)
Schubert, Mendelssohn, Busoni, Wolf, and Brahms:
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone),
András Schiff (piano).
Wigmore Hall,
London, 8.1.2009 (MB)
Sibelius and
Segerstam:
Elina Vähälä (violin), London Schools Symphony Orchestra. Leif Segerstam,
Barbican Hall London 7.1.2009 (GD)
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert:
Paul Lewis (piano), Scotish Chamber Orchestra
/ Andrew Manze (conductor) Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 7.1.2009 (SRT)
Liederabend
- Purcell and his Contemporaries:
Birmingham
Conservatoire 4.1. 2009 (GR)
A Worthing New Year
Concert:
Johann Strauss I & II, Léhar,
von Suppé,
Mozart:
Florian Uhlig, piano,Worthing Symphony Orchestra, conductor John
Gibbons, Assembly Hall, Worthing, UK. 4.1.2009 (RA)
A New Year's Day Concert in
London:
Beethoven,
Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, MDR Radio Choir Leipzig, Leipzig
Gewandhaus Choir, Katerina Beranova (Soprano), Lilli Paasikivi
(Mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann
(Bass-baritone), Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Barbican Hall London,
1. 1.2009 (RC)