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Mozart and Schoenberg: Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Alexander Janiczek (director, Schoenberg), Barbican Hall, 29.10.2005 (CC)

 


Glinka
, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky: Pieter Wispelwey (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, 28.10.2005 (AR)

 

Xenakis – Architect in Sound: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, October 2005 (TJH)

 

Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky: Debussy, Jeux: Počme Dansé; Ravel, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G; Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911 version), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25.10.2005 (ED)

Britten, Mahler, Brahms: Ian Bostridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding, (conductor), Barbican Centre, 23.10.2005 (AO)

Carter, Beethoven, R. Strauss & Stravinsky: Emanuel Ax (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Jirí Belohlávek, Barbican Hall, 22.10.2005 (CC)

 

Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky: Debussy, Jeux: Počme Dansé; Ravel, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G; Stravinsky, Petrushka (1911 version). Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Charles Dutoit. Cheltenham Town Hall, 21st October 2005 (JQ)

 

Oxford Lieder Festival: Nina Bennet (soprano), Dominic Grier (conductor), Sequenza, New College Chapel Antechamber, Oxford, 20.10.2005 (AO)

Mahler, ‘Resurrection’ Symphony:
Sally Matthews (Soprano), Karen Cargill (Mezzo), Various Choruses, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gilbert Kaplan (Conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 18.10.2005 (JPr)

Gergiev’s Shostakovich (II): Mussorgsky (orch. Shostakovich) and Shostakovich, London Symphony Orchestra/Valéry Gergiev, Barbican Hall, 16.10.2005 (CC)

Beethoven, Adelaide; Britten, ‘Winter words’; Brahms, Lieder to poems by Daumer: Robert Murray (tenor) Lindy Tennent-Brown (piano), Wigmore Hall, 16.10. 2005 (ME)

J.S. Bach
, Cello Suites 1–6, BWV1007 – 10012, Jian Wang (cello), Hall 2, The Sage, Gateshead, 14 , 15, 16.10 .2005 (JP).


Gergiev’s Shostakovich (I): Schumann (orch. Shostakovich) Cello Concerto No 1 and Shostakovich Symphony No 8, Johannes Moser (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Centre, 15.10.2005 (AR)

Bach, Weimar Cantatas: Purcell Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Wigmore Hall, 15.10. 2005 (ME)

Wagner, Schoenberg, Beethoven: Susan Bullock (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 14.10.2005 (AO)

Bruckner, Te Deum and Symphony No.9: Anna Leese (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Hĺkan Ekenäs (baritone), RCM Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Bernard Haitink, Royal College of Music, 14.10.2005 (MB)

 

Handel, Vivaldi and Sammartini: Viktoria Mullova with 'Il Giardino Armonico' conducted by Giovanni Antonini. The Sage, Gateshead, 12.10.2005 (JP)

Shostakovich, Dvorák, Bartók: Leonidas Kavakos (violin); London Symphony Orchestra/Andrey Boreyko, Barbican Hall, 06.10.2005 (CC)

 

Royal College of Music String Player of the Year: Wigmore Hall, 3.10.2005 (ED)

 

Kirklees Orchestral Concerts: Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral”. soloists, Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes, Huddersfield Town Hall, Thursday 29.09.2005 (P Se)

 

Elgar, Schumann, Walton: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), LSO/Sir Colin Davis, Barbican Hall, 23 October, 2005 (CC)

Mahler Symphony No.6:
The Surrey Mahler Orchestra, conducted by Keith Willis, The Anvil, Basingstoke, 11 September 2005 (JP)

 

Schubert: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) Wigmore Hall, 14 September, 2005 (AO)

Handel, ‘Zadok the Priest’ -‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’- Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor: Mozart, ‘Ave Verum Corpus: Haydn, Cello Concerto in C: Britten, ‘St Nicolas Cantata.’  Dulwich Sinfonia Orchestra and Chorus; Dulwich College Preparatory School Choir; Sydenham High School Girls’ Choir, cond. Michael Spencer, Ian Bostridge, Simon Standage, Jamie Walton, St. John’s Smith Square, 11 September, 2005 (ME)

 

Opening night of the 2005/6 Season at the Wigmore Hall:  Schumann: Lieder to Texts by Heinrich Heine, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson, Wigmore Hall, 10 September, 2005 (ME)

 

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Soloists, conducted by Jonathan Nott, Edinburgh International Festival, Usher Hall, 30 August 2005 (JP



Edinburgh Festival 2005 at the Usher Hall:
 
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, 26 August, and the opening Bamberg Symphony Orchestra concert, 29 August, Usher Hall, Edinburgh (JP)

 

Igorfest 2005: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 23 June 2005 (CT)

 

 HALLÉ PROMENADE CONCERT SERIES: Summer Opera with Mark Elder Nuccia Focile, soprano, Paul Charles Clarke, tenor, Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir and Hallé Youth Choir, (James Burton choral director), conducted by Mark Elder, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9 July 2005 (RJF)

 

Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch, Joan Rodgers, Kate Royal (sopranos), Christopher Maltmann, Ronan Collett (baritones), Roger Vignoles (piano),  Wigmore Hall, London, 5 July, 2005  (AO)

Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven Alfred Brendel (piano), Royal Festival Hall, 22 June, 2005 (CC)

 

 Previn at 75 (III): Korngold and Walton: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor), Barbican Centre, 22 June, 2005 (AR)

 

Previn at 75 (II): André Previn, Richard Strauss: Tim Hugh (cello); London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn (piano/conductor), Barbican Centre, 18 June, 2005 (AR)

 

BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World: Main Prize Final Concert, St David's Hall, Cardiff 19th June 2005 (BK)

 

BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World: Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize Final Concert, St David's Hall, Cardiff 17th June 2005 (BK)

 

 Mozart and Elgar: Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 16 June, 2005 (AR)

 

Previn at 75 (I): Davies, Mozart, Shostakovich, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (piano/conductor), Barbican Centre, 14 June, 2005 (AR)

 

Mozart:  Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550; Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K491; Requiem in D minor, K626. Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Mitsuko Uchida, soloists, cond. Sir Charles Mackerras. Royal Festival Hall, 12 June, 2005 (ME)

 

Debussy, Images and Sibelius, Symphony No.2 in D major, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Barbican, 12 June, 2005 (MB)

 

Mozart, Ravel, Chopin Krystian Zimerman (piano), Royal Festival Hall, 9 June, 2005 (CC)

 

Martinů, Dvořák, Britten, Ravel, Mussorgsky Magdalena Kožená (mezzo); Malcolm Martineau (piano), QEH, 8 June, 2005 (CC)

 

SONGS TO TEXTS BY THÉOPHILE GAUTIER: Gounod, Fauré, Deparc, de Falla, Berlioz Bernarda Fink (mezzo); Roger Vignoles (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, 6 June, 2005 (CC)

 

Bartók and Beethoven: Richard Goode (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Barbican Centre, 3 & 4 June, 2005 (AR)

 

Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky: Mayu Kishima, violin, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor, Barbican, 2 June, 2005 (TJH)

 

“Songs Of The Americas”: Liebermann, Rorem, Bolcom, Guastavino, Lecuona, Carole Farley (soprano), Lowell Liebermann (piano), William Bolcom (piano), John Constable (piano), Fabio Zanon (guitar), Wigmore Hall, 1 June, 2005 (AO)

 

Purcell, Tippett, Finzi, Wigglesworth, Warlock, Gurney, Britten: James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Wigmore Hall, 26 May, 2005 (AO)

 

Messiaen, Berg, Tchaikovsky Christian Tetzlaff (violin); LPO/Vladimir Jurowski, Royal Festival Hall, 26 May, 2005 (CC)

 

Schubert Songs: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24 May 2005 (AO)

 

Beethoven, Shostakovich, Haydn: Hagen String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 23 May, 2005 (CC)

 

Bernstein, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov: Han-Na Chang (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor), Barbican Centre, 22 May, 2005 (AR)

 

Shostakovich and Rachmaninov: Galina Gorchakova (soprano), Ilya Levinsky (tenor), Pavel Baransky (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 21 May, 2005 (AO)


Mozart: orchestral and operatic music: Orchestra Of Opera North/Janusz, Ripon Cathedral, 21 May (JL)

 

Ligeti Concert Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Keller Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 18 May, 2005 (CC)

 

International Benjamin: London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin, piano/conductor, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 18 May 2005 (TJH)

 

Weber, Overture and arias from ‘Der Freischütz: Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto Op. 64, Symphony no. 3: The Academy of Ancient Music, cond. Christopher Hogwood; Christiane Oelze, Giuliano Carmignola, Barbican Hall, 16 May 2005 (ME)

Puccini Gala Concert:Angela Gheorghiu (soprano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Ion Marin, Royal Festival Hall, 10 May, 2005 (CC)

 

Debussy & Beethoven: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, violins; Roger Tapping; András Fejér, cello), Wigmore Hall, 9 May, 2005 (CC)

 

 

Schubert & Kancheli: Alban Berg Quartet, Heinrich Schiff, cello, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9 May, 2005 (TJH)

 

Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music: Handel, ‘Aci, Galatea e Polifemo’, The English Concert, dir. Andrew Manze; Carolyn Sampson, Hilary Summers, Charbel Mattar, St. John’s, Smith Square, 7 May, 2005 (ME)

 

Beethoven, Missa Solemnis: Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Michael Volle (bass), Alessandro Moccia (violin), Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Barbican, 7 May, 2005 (MB)

 

Tilson Thomas, Prokofiev, Mahler: Yefim Bronfman, piano, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Barbican, 5 May, 2005 (TJH)

 

Sibelius, Strauss, Beethoven: Soile Isokoski (soprano); Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 5 May, 2005 (AR)

 

Nigel Rogers 70th Birthday Concert: Carissimi, Caccini, D’India, Frescobaldi, Marazzoli, Kapsberger, Rossi, Stradella, Froberger: Nigel Rogers (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Lina Zilinskyte (harpsichord), Wigmore Hall, 3 May 2005 (ME)

 

Cresswell, Grieg, Rachmaninov: Andreas Haefliger (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Porcelijn, Barbican Hall, 29 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Haydn & Mahler: Moray Welsh, cello, London Symphony Orchestra, James DePreist, conductor, Barbican, 28 April, 2005 (TJH)

 

LUIGI NONO: London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Claron McFadden (soprano), Sarah Nicolls (piano), Sebastien Bell (contrabass flute), Andrew Webster (contrabass clarinet), BBC Singers, Stephen Betteridge (conductor), Sound Intermedia, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27 April, 2005 (AO)

 

Bartok & Bruckner: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 26 April, 2005 (AR)

 

Ruzicka, Britten, Schumann: Bo Skovhus (baritone), Stefan Vladar (piano) Wigmore Hall, 25th April, 2005 (AO)

 

Bach, Lutoslawski, Brahms Heinrich Schiff (cello); Roger Vignoles (piano), 1pm, 25 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Debussy, Bartok, Rimsky-Korsakov: Julia Fischer (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine, Barbican, 24 April 2005 (MB)

 

Chopin, Maurizio Pollini (piano), Royal Festival Hall, 24 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Wagner, Strauss, Beethoven: Susan Bullock, soprano, Emmanuel Ax, piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Royal Festival Hall, 23 April 2005 (TJH)

 

Haydn, Grieg, Brahms, Poulenc, Liszt: Angelika Kirchschlager, Helmut Deutsch, Wigmore Hall, 23 April 2005 (ME)

 

MAX: Maxwell Davis Lucy Shelton, Claire Booth (sopranos), London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, QEH, 22 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius: Stephen Hough, piano, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor, Royal Festival Hall, 21 April 2005 (TJH)

 

Dvorák, Barber, R. Strauss Sally Matthews (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano). Wigmore Hall, 18 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Smetana, Dvorák, Brahms: Lars Vogt (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 17 April, 2005 (AR)

 

Arditti Quartet at Wigmore Hall: Irvine Arditti & Graeme Jennings (violins); Ralf Ehlers (viola) & Rohan de Saram (cello), Wigmore Hall, 9 and 16 April 2005 (TJH)

Lachenmann Plus: Helmut Lachenmann, speaker, London Sinfonietta, Ilan Volkov, conductor, LSO St Luke’s, 13 April 2005 (TJH)

 

London International Piano Competition Finals: Jayson Lloyd Gillham, Jean-Frédéric Neuberger, Herbert Schuch (pianos); LPO/Sian Edwards, Royal Festival Hall, 12 April, 2005 (CC)

 

Mackerras Brahms Cycle (IV): Truls Mørk (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 10 April, 2005 (AR)

 

Mackerras Brahms Cycle (III): James Ehnes (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 5 April, 2005 (AR)

 

Bartók: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op 12; Piano Concerto No. 1; Concerto for Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, piano, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, conductor, Royal Festival Hall, 4 April 2005 (TJH)

 

MAHLER, Symphony No.9, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 3 April 2005 (MB)

 

Strauss, Britten, Wagner, Debussy, Rorem: Susan Bullock (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Wigmore hall, 23 March, 2005 (AO)

Tchaikovsky, Respighi, Stravinsky: Ayako Uehara (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Barbican, 23 March 2005 (TJH)

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR BOULEZ: Boulez, Schubert, Beethoven Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, Wednesday March 23rd, 2005 (CC)

 

J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion: The King’s Consort and Choir, dir. Robert King, Soloists, Choristers of Wells Cathedral, St John’s, Smith Square, March 22 2005 (ME)

 

Rameau (arr. Gevaert), Messiaen Roger Muraro (piano), BBCSO/Sylvain Cambreling, Barbican Hall, March 22nd, 2005 (CC)

Mackerras Brahms Cycle (II) Paul Lewis (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 22nd March, 2005 (AR)


Mendelssohn, Britten, Vaughan Williams
: Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Andrew Rupp (baritone), London Concert Choir, Canticum, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Forkgen, (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London, 21st March, 2005 (AO)

 

Dargomïzhsky, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev, Shostakovich, Salmanov, Minkov Elena Prokina (soprano), Elena Abeleva (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday March 21st, 2005 (CC)

 

Mackerras Brahms Cycle (I): Till Fellner (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 17th March, 2005 (AR)

 

Mahler, R. Strauss Simon Keenleyside (baritone); Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Franz Welser-Möst, Barbican Hall, March 15, 2005 (CC)

 

Martinů: Memorial to Lidice; Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony No. 6), Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 (compl. F.X. Süssmayr): Kate Royal (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek, Barbican, 12 March 2005 (TJH)

Mozart: Symphony no. 31; Serenade no. 6; Arias, Overtures and Incidental Music:
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra dir. Gottfried von der Goltz: Thomas Quasthoff, Barbican Hall, Friday 11th March 2005 (ME)

 

Bach, St Matthew Passion English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys’ Choir, Mark Padmore (Evangelist) Dietrich Henschel (Christus) cond. Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Cadogan Hall, Thursday March 10th 2005 (ME)

 

Mozart & Mahler, Angela Hewitt (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Elder, Royal Festival Hall, March 9th, 2005 (CC)

 

Schubert & Mozart Zehetmair Trio (Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Ruth Killius, viola; Rosie Bliss, cello), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, March 7th, 2005 (CC)

 

Hartmann & Beethoven: Midori (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ingo Metzmacher, Royal Festival Hall, 5th March 2005 (T J-H)

 

Felix Mendelssohn/William Shakespeare: A Midsummer's Nights Dream: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivan Fischer (conductor), Actors from the Globe Theatre, Tim Carroll (director), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28th February, 2005 (AO)

 

Tüür, Schumann, Pärt, Nielsen: Truls Mørk (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor), Barbican Hall, 24th February, 2005 (AR)

 

Berg, Lyric Suite & Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden”, Alban Berg Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24th February, 2005 (T J-H)

 

Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin (review of second recital): Ian Bostridge (tenor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24th February, 2005 (AO)

 

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin, D795. Ian Bostridge (tenor); Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Wigmore Hall, 24th February, 2005 (CC)

 

Einaudi: Ludovico Einaudi (Piano), Marco Decimo (Cello), Royal Festival Hall, 20th February, 2005 (H-T W)

 

Beethoven, Elgar, Sibelius: Pieter Wispelwey (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund, Royal Festival Hall, 16 February 2005 (TJH)

 

Schubert Trio Fontenay (Michael Mucke, violin; Jens Peter Mainz, cello; Wolf Harden, piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, February 14th 2005 (CC)

 

Scarlatti, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, 11th February 2005 (MB)

 

Prokofiev and Schumann: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Wigmore Hall, 9th February 2005 (TJH)

 

Chopin and Rachmaninov: Hélène Grimaud (piano), RFH, Wednesday, February 9th, 2005 (CC)

R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Gribbin, Chopin. Imogen Cooper (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, February 7th 2005 (CC)

 

Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Gade: Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elizabeth Wallfisch (leader), David Watkin (cello), Howard Moody (fortepiano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 6th February, 2005 (AO)

Sibelius and Rachmaninov: Janine Jansen (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor), RFH, 6th February, 2005 (AR)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Bach, St Matthew's Passion
, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 5th February, 2005 (AO)

 

Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius: Ana-Maria Vera (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor), RFH, February 4 2005 (AR)

 

Shostakovich and Prokofiev: James Tocco (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor, RFH, February 3 2005 (TJ-H)

 

GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 7, Orchestre National de Lyons, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 31st January, 2005 (AO)

 

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin Mark Padmore (tenor); Julius Drake (piano), Wigmore Hall, Monday, January 31st, 2005 (CC)

 

Beethoven, Violin Concerto and Schubert, Symphony No.9, “Great”, Vadim Repin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Royal Festival Hall, 30th January 2005 (MB)

 

Barbara Bonney and Angelika Kirschlager Recital: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Massenet, Fauré, Rossini, Dvorák; Malcolm Martineau (piano), Barbican Hall, Friday, January 28th, 2005 (CC)

 

Geoffrey Parsons 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert: Various composers, Yvonne Kenny, Sir Thomas Allen, Graham Johnson, Wigmore Hall, January 26th 2005 (ME)

 

Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev Nikolaï Lugansky (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday January 23rd, 2005 (CC)

 

Whatever has happened to Lang Lang? Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Liszt/Horowitz Lang Lang (piano), RFH, 3.30pm, Sunday, January 23rd, 2005 (CC)

 

Poulenc, Koechlin, Bridge, Thuille, Brahms: Conchord – Maya Koch (Violin), Douglas Paterson (Viola), Bridget MacRae (Cello), Daniel Pailthorpe (Flute), Emily Pailthorpe (Oboe), Barnaby Robson (Clarinet), Andrea de Flammineis (Bassoon), Nicholas Korth (Horn) and Julian Milford (Piano), Wigmore Hall, 22nd January 2005 (H-T W)

 

 

Michael TIPPETT, A Child of Our Time (staged), Susan Gritton (soprano), Sara Fulgoni (contralto), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Coliseum, 21st January 2005 (MB)

 

 

Glinka, Khachaturian, Dvorák Boris Berezovsky (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Leif Segerstam, RFH, January 20th, 2005 (CC)

 

Beethoven, Symphonies 6 and 7 LPO/Kurt Masur. RFH, Wednesday, January 19th, 2005 (CC)

 

Shostakovich, Prokofiev Pieter Wispelwey (cello); Dejan Lazic (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, Monday, January 17th, 2005 (CC)

 

DARKNESS INTO LIGHT: The Music of James MacMillan, Barbican Hall, Friday 14th - Sunday 16th January 2005 (CC)

 

Szymon LAKS, Pavel HAAS, Viktor ULLMAN, Olivier MESSIAEN, Siegmund SCHUL, Jacqueline Cole (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 15th January, 2005 (AO)

 

SCHREIER AT SEVENTY: Peter Schreier 70th Birthday Concerts,  Schumann, ‘Dichterliebe’ with Roger Vignoles, Royal College of Music, Wednesday 12th January 2005;  Bach, Mass in B Minor, RCM Chamber Choir and Orchestra, St John’s Smith Square, Friday 14th January 2005 (ME)

 

Janáček, Messiaen, Elgar Janine Jansen (violin), Kathryn Stott (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, January 10th, 2005 (CC)

 

 

 
Contributors: Marc Bridle (Editor), Martin Anderson, Frank Cadenhead, Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Sarah Dunlop, Melanie Eskenazi, Abigail Frymann, Simon Hewitt-Jones, Bruce Hodges,Tim Hodgkinson, Martin Hoyle, Bernard Jacobson, Tristan Jakob-Hoff, Ben Killeen, Bill Kenny (Regional Editor), Ian Lace, Jean Martin, Neil McGowan, Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Simon Morgan, Aline Nassif, Anne Ozorio, Ian Pace, Peter Quantrill, Alex Russell, Harvey Steiman, Christopher Thomas, John Warnaby, Hans-Theodor Wolhfahrt, Peter Grahame Woolf (Founder & Emeritus Editor)