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All Seen and Heard Reviews : January-
June 2006
International Concerts and Recitals UK
Concerts and Recitals
Opera
Mozart,
Così fan Tutte : The
Classical Opera Company conducted
and directed by Ian Page. Sadler’s Wells, 18.06.2006.
(M E)
Puccini,
Manon Lescaut.
Soloists / Opera Holland
Park / John Gibbons (cond). Holland Park, London.
15.06.06 (ED)
Mozart,
Ascanio in Alba :
(concert
performance). Soloists, Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi,
director. Barbican, London. 06.06.2006 (ED)
Mariinsky Masterworks
(2) Rimsky Korsakov:Mlada (concert
performance) soloists, orchestra and chorus of the
Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham 27.05.2006 (BK)
Bartók,
Duke
Bluebeard's Castle
and Schoenberg,
Erwartung: soloists, orchestra of the Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden / Kirill Petrenko. 26.05.06
(ED)
Mariinsky Masterworks (1) Verdi: La Forza del Destino
(concert
performance of the 1862 St. Petersburg version ) soloists,
orchestra and chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Symphony
Hall, Birmingham 25.05.2006 (RJF)
The
Lord Mayor’s Concert 2006: Beethoven, Fidelio
(concert performance) soloists,
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conductor, Sir
Colin Davis, Barbican Hall, 23.05. 2006 (JPr)
Tchaikovsky,
Mazepa (new
production premiere) Welsh
National Opera, Cardiff 20.05.2006
(BK)
Janácek,
The Makropulos Case (new
production premiere) : English
National Opera, 18.05 2006 (JPr)
Puccini,
Tosca: (revival
premiere)
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera,
Julian Smith, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre,
Cardiff, 17.05.2006 (GPu)
Verdi, Il trovatore at
the
Royal Stockholm Opera, 13.05.2006 (GF)
Opera North
on Tour: The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 09-13.05.
2006 (RJF)
Verdi:
Macbeth
Seattle Opera, soloists,
cond. Nicola Luisotti, dir. Bernard Uzan, designer
Robert Israel, Marion Olive Hall, Seattle, 10.05.2006
(BJ)
Puccini,
Madam Butterfly:
Soloists,
chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera,
David Parry (cond), Coliseum, 5.5.2006 (MB)
WAGNER, Tristan und Isolde:
Vienna State Opera, Vienna,
21.4.2006 (JPr)
Mozart,
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
at
the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, 21.4.2006 (GF)
WAGNER,
Parsifal: Vienna
State Opera, Vienna, 19.4.2006
(JPr)
Wagner,
Götterdämmerung:
soloists
and orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
(conductor), Keith Warner (director), Stefanos Lazaridis
(sets), Marie-Jeanne Lecca (costumes), Wolfgang Göbbel
(lighting), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 17.4.2006
(JPr)
Monteverdi,
Orfeo: English
National Opera, 15.4.2006 (ME)
Mozart,
Il re pastore:
The Royal Opera in the Linbury
Studio Theatre, 13.4.06 (ED)
Offenbach,
La Belle Hélène:
Soloists, Chorus
& Orchestra of English National Opera, Coliseum,
3.4.2006 (CC)
Britten:
The Turn of the Screw Seattle
Young Artists Program,
soloists, cond. Dean Williamson, dir. Peter Kazaras;
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA, 2.4.2006 (BJ)
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists,
orchestra
and chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
/ Philippe Jordan, 20.3.2006 (ED)
Richard WAGNER, Die Walküre
at the
Royal Opera in Stockholm, 17.3.2006 (GF)
Verdi:
Attila
(in concert):
Soloists / Chelsea Opera
Group / Andrew Greenwood (conductor). Cadogan Hall,
11.3.2006 (ED)
Berg,
Wozzeck (Review II):
Graham Clark,
(Captain), Johan Reuter (Wozzeck), Susan Bullock (Marie),
Kurt Rydl (Doctor), Jorma Silvasti (Drum Major), Daniel
Harding (conductor), Orchestra of the Royal Opera
House, Chorus of the Royal Opera, The Royal Opera,
7.3.2006 (AO)
Vaughan
Williams:
Sir John in Love. Soloists, orchestra and
chorus of English National Opera,Oleg Caetani. Coliseum
4.3.2006 (BK)
Mozart:
Cosě fan tutte
Seattle Opera, soloists, cond.
Andreas Mitisek, dir. Jonathan Miller, Marion Oliver
McCaw Hall, Seattle, 4.3.2006 (BJ)
Berg,
Wozzeck:
soloists,
Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Daniel
Harding. 2.3.2006. (JPr)
Handel,
Jeptha:
( Revival Premiere) Soloists,
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Donald
Nally, conductor, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff,
2.3.2006 (GPu)
Britten,
Death in Venice soloists,
orchestra and chorus of Frankfurt Opera. Conductor:
Karen Kamensek. Director: Keith Warner. Sets: Boris
Kudlicka. Costumes: Kaspar Glarner. Premiere on 25.2.2006.
(SM)
Verdi:
Macbeth (1865 version). Soloists,
orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden / Yakov Kreizberg. 24.2.06 (ED)
Britten:
Albert Herring: Soloists, Gotham
Chamber Opera, Neal Goren (conductor), Gotham
Chamber Opera, Harry de Jur Playhouse, New York City,
19.2.2006 (BH)
Wagner, Der Fliegende Holländer:
(New Production Premiere)
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
/ Carlo Rizzi, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 17.2.2006
(BK)
Richard
Danielpour: Margaret Garner (2004, East Coast premiere),
Libretto by Toni Morrison, Soloists, Opera Company
of Philadelphia Orchestra and Chorus, Stefan Lano,
Conductor, Members of the Morgan State University
Concert Choir, Dr. Eric Conway, Director, Academy
of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12.2.2006 (BH)
Strauss: Salome
(Concert Performance) , Soloists,
Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes. Hall 1,
The Sage, Gateshead 10.2.2006 (JP)
Verdi,
Rigoletto Soloists, chorus &
orchestra of English National Opera, London Coliseum,
Saturday 10.2. 2006 (CC)
Gilbert and Sullivan:
The Mikado.
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus
of English National Opera, Simon Lee (conductor) at
the London Coliseum. 4.2.2006 (ED)
Mozart,
Le Nozze di Figaro,
The Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden, 2.2.2006 (ME)
Mozart, La clemenza di Tito: soloists, orchestra
and chorus of Frankfurt Opera, Paolo Carignani (conductor),
Christof Loy (director), Herbert Murauer (sets and
costumes). Premiered on 27.01.2006, performance seen:
2.2.2006 (SM)
Finnish National
Opera January Strauss Weeks (II):
Die Frau ohne Schatten:
(New
Production Premier) Soloists,
Chorus and Orchestra of Finnish National Opera Orchestra,
Children's Choir, conductor: Muhai Tang, Helsinki
20.1.2006 (BK)
Finnish
National Opera January Strauss Weeks (I): Salome:
Soloists,
Finnish National Opera Orchestra, conductor: Alberto
Hold-Garrido, Helsinki 19.1.2006 (BK)
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Die
Fledermaus
Seattle Opera, soloists,
cond. Gerard Schwarz, dir. Chris Alexander, Marion
Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 15 & 18.1.2006 (BJ)
Smetana, The Bartered Bride: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus
& Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras,
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 06.01.2006 (JPr)
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International
Concerts and Festivals
Schubert
and Mahler:
Gerard
Schwarz, cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 25.06.2006 (BJ)
Scandinavian
Song: Håkan
Hagegård, Baritone,
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers /Philip Brunelle,
Conductor, Benson Great Hall, Bethel University,
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 20.06. 2006 (BH)
Patricia
Racette, Ruth Ann Swenson and Dolora Zajick in Concert:
San
Francisco Opera Orchestra, Donald Runnicles conducting,
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 22.06.2006
(HS)
Dvořák,
Golijov, and Walton:
Gerard Schwarz, cond.,
Julia Fischer, violin, Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone,
Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 16.6.2006 (BJ)
Verdi, Requiem:
Christine Brewer (soprano),
Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano),
Frank Lopardo (tenor), Vitalij Kowaljow (bass),
San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony
Chorus, James Conlon, conductor, Davies Symphony
Hall, San Francisco, 15.06.2006 (HS)
message
in a bottle:
guest
artists, counter)induction,
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 10.06.2006 (BH)
Copland, Schoenfield, and Beethoven :
Lawrence Renes, cond., Susan
Gulkis Assadi, viola, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 04.06.2006 (BJ)
Carter,
Stravinsky, Berlioz: Pierre-Laurent
Aimard (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra /
Loren Maazel, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 03.06.2006
(BH)
Mahler
Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand,"
San
Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor,
soloists, choruses, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco,
02.06.2006 (HS)
The Music
of Steven Stucky:
American Modern Ensemble,
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, 28.05.2006
(BH)
Berlioz
and Mahler: Cynthia
Phelps, viola, New York Philharmonic, Lorin
Maazel, conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City,
28.05.2006 (BH)
Around the World:
ModernWorks, Second Presbyterian Church,
New York City, 23.05.2006 (BH)
Felicja Blumental International Music Festival, Tel Aviv,
Israel, 22–27.05 2006 (BK)
Beethoven, Leonore
Overture No. 2, Symphony
No. 7; Lutoslawski, Symphony No. 4: Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 16.05.2006 (HS)
Beethoven
and Lindberg: cond.
Christoph Eschenbach,
soloists Marina Mescheriakova, Jill Grove, Vinson
Cole, and Alan Held, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia
Singers Chorale, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia,
17.05.2006 (BJ)
Mozart:
cond./soloist Ignat Solzhenitsyn,
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Perelman Theater,
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 14.05. 2006 (BJ)
Shostakovich Violin
Concerto No. 2 in C sharp
minor, Op. 129 (1967); Tchaikovsky, Symphony
No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888): Janine Jansen,
violin, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andrés
Orozco-Estrada, Berwald Hall, Stockholm, 12.05.2006
(GF)
Krása:
Brundibár soloists,
cond. Gerard Schwarz,
dir. Erich Parce, Music of Remembrance Ensemble,
Northwest Boychoir, Vocalpoint! Seattle; Illsley
Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
09.05.2006 (BJ)
Mozart
and Orff: soloists,
Elizabeth Stoyanovich,
cond., Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and Concert
Chorale, Chora Voce, Tahoma Girls’ and Boys’
Choir, Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton,
WA, 7.5.2006 (BJ)
Made
in America Festival: Part 2: music
by Thomas, Benshoof,
Kellogg, Matheson, Perle, and Bermel soloists,
Christian Knapp, cond., members of the Seattle Symphony
Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Illsley
Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, 6.5.2006 (BJ)
Sublime Baroque:
Corelli,
Concerto Grosso op. 6 no.
4; Albinoni, Oboe Concerto op. 9 no.
2; Telemann, Viola Concerto in G;
Brescianello, Chaconne in A; Handel,
Concerto Grosso op. 6 no. 7; JS Bach,
Orchestral Suite No. 4; Monique O’Dea,
viola, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, guest director
and soloist, Alfredo Bernardini, Angel Place Recital
Hall, Sydney, Australia, 6.5.2006 (DB)
Brahms,
Schumann, and Rachmaninoff: Garrick
Ohlsson, piano, Christian
Knapp, cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,4.5.2006
(BJ)
Debussy,
Sibelius, and Bartók: Dmitry Sitkovetsky,
violin, Christian Knapp,
cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
29.4.2006 (BJ)
Joshua
Bell plays and conducts:
Mozart Divertimento in
D, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, and Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence arranged for string orchestra
by Lucas Drew. Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony,
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 28.4.2006 (HS)
Mozart:
Saint
Paul
Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado, cond., Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 24.4.2006
(BJ)
Shostakovich:
Violin Concerto No.
1 in D major, Op. 77
(1947-48), Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
(1953), Maxim Vengerov, Violin, New York Philharmonic,
Mstislav Rostropovich, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall,
New York City, 22.4.2006 (BH)
Ecomusic,
Nature’s New Sounds: Modernworks,
The Museum of Arts
and Design, New York City, 20.4.2006 (BH)
Mozart:
Symphony
No. 41 in C Major
“Jupiter” (1788),
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in
D Minor (1909), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), The Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra, En Shao (conductor), Finlandia
Hall, Helsinki, 20.04.2006 (GF)
Shostakovich
Festival:
Gerard Schwarz et
al., cond., soloists, Seattle Symphony, Russian
National Orchestra, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.3-15.4.2006
(BJ)
Webern,
Stravinsky, Ives: San Francisco
Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 14.4.2006 (HS)
Shostakovich:
Symphony
No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (1971), Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 5 in
D minor, Op. 47 (1937), Rotterdam Philharmonic
Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Conductor, Avery Fisher
Hall, New York City, 10.4.2006 (BH)
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 20
(“The First of May”) (1929),
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in
C minor, Op. 43 (1934-36), Rotterdam
Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Conductor,
Riverside Choral Society, Rutgers University Kirkpatrick
Choir, Patrick Gardner, Director, Avery Fisher Hall,
New York City, 9.4.2006 (BH)
Zorn,
Carrick, Sharp, Felsenfeld, Kurtág:
Either/Or,
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, 7.4.2006
(BH)
Debussy: Jeux,
Ravel: Piano Concerto
in G major, Mahler: Adagio from Symphony
No. 10, Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine
Journey, Stewart Goodyear, piano, San Francisco
Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.4.2006 (HS)
Shostakovich: Suite
for Jazz Orchestra
No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 13 Babi
Yar, San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Mstislav
Rostropovich, conductor; Alexander Barantschik,
violin; Mikhail Petrenko, bass, Davies Symphony
Hall, San Francisco, 31.3.2006 (HS)
Beethoven, Strauss, and Hindemith:
soloists, Seattle Symphony,
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Gerard Schwarz,cond.,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 26.3.2006 (BJ)
Schubert,
Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff, Ravel: Gabriela Montero,
Piano (NY Philharmonic debut), New York Philharmonic,
Lorin Maazel, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall,
New York City, 25.3.2006 (BH)
Shostakovich:
Festive Overture,
Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphony No. 5, Yefim Bronfman,
piano, San Francisco Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich,
conductor, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco,
22.3.2006 (HS)
Sibelius: Finlandia & Violin Concerto;
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral":
Sarah Chang, violin,
San Francisco Symphony, Marek Janowski, conductor,
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 17.3.2006 (HS)
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 9
in E-flat major, Op. 70 (1945), Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 (“Leningrad”)
(1941): Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre,
Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director, Avery Fisher
Hall, New York City, 13.3.2006 (BH)
Schubert:
Symphony in B minor,
D.759, “Unfinished” (1822), Bartók:
A kékszakállú herceg vára
(Duke Bluebeard’s Castle), Opera in One Act,
Op. 11 (1911-18): Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano,
Matthias Goerne, Baritone, New York Philharmonic,
Christoph von Dohnányi, Conductor, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York City, 9-11.3.2006 (BH)
Tchaikovsky;
Piano
Concerto No. 1, Manfred
Symphony. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Russian National
Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, conductor, Avery Fisher
Hall, New York, 5.3.2006 (HS)
Carter,
Schumann, Brahms: Frank Peter Zimmermann,
Violin, New York Philharmonic, Ludovic Morlot,
Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
4.3.2006 (BH)
Purcell,
Bach, and Vivaldi:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., soloists, Seattle Symphony,
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya Hall, Seattle
3.3.2006 (BJ)
Bartok,
Harbison, Bernstein: Dawn Upshaw,
Soprano, New York Philharmonic, Robert Spano,
Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City,
25.2.2006 (BH)
M.
Haydn: Divertimento
in C major, for violin, cello, and double bass (c.
before 1772) Korngold: String Quartet
No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26 (1933) Enescu:
String Octet in C major, Op. 7 (1900) The
Philadelphia Orchestra, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia
19.2.2006 (BH)
Gubaidulina:
Feast during a Plague (2005)
Brahms: Symphony
No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (1884-85) The Philadelphia
Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, Verizon Hall,
Philadelphia
18. 2.2006 (BH)
Brahms,
Carter, Bruch, Kodály: Gil Shaham
(violin), New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor),
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 16.02.2006 (BH)
Beethoven
and Schumann: Seattle
Symphony, Günther Herbig,
conductor, Nikolaj Znaider, violin, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 12.2.2006 (BJ)
Bartók,
Schoenberg, Stravinsky: Anja Silja, Soprano,
The MET Orchestra, James Levine, Conductor,
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 29.1.2006 (BH)
Berliners
in New York (II), Adčs, Mozart, Ravel: Emanuel Ax,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle,
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 28.01.06 (BH)
Focus! New & Now: A Sampler of Music from 2005 New
Juilliard Ensemble, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New
York City, 27.1.2006 (BH)
Berliners
in New York (I), Kyburz & Mahler:
Magdalena
Kožená, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon
Rattle, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 26.01.06 (BH)
Da Capo on Shuffle: Da Capo
Chamber Players, Matthew Cody (conductor), The Knitting
Factory, New York City, 24.01.2006 (BH)
Bach,
Debussy, Franck, Musorgsky:
Sergey
Schepkin (piano) Lincoln
Performance Hall, Portland, Oregon, 22.1.2006 (BJ)
Russian songs and arias:
Dmitiri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Philharmonia
of Russia, Constantine Obellian (conductor); Style
of Five; Pacific Boychoir, Davies Symphony Hall,
San Francisco, 22.1.2006 (HS)
Tchaikovsky,
Strauss, and Mozart:
Seattle Symphony, Seattle
Symphony Chorale, soloists, Gerard Schwarz, conductor,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.1.2006 (BJ)
Finnish
National Opera January Strauss Weeks (III): Strauss,
Schumann, Nyström and Wagner: Nina Stemme (soprano) Bénédicte Haid (piano) Helsinki 21.1.2006
(LK)
Beethoven,
Liszt, Prokofiev: Louis
Lortie (piano) New York Philharmonic
/ Kurt Masur, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 21.1.2006
(BH)
Corigliano
and Strauss: Joshua
Bell (violin) New York Philmarmonic
/ Jonathan Nott, Avery Fisher Hall, 14.1.2006 (BH)
Mozart, Symphony No.
34, Concert
Arias, Vesperae solennes de confessore,
K. 339, Orchestre National
de France, Riccardo Muti, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
Paris, 12.01.2006 (FC)
Twelfth Day Concert at the Berwald Hall:
Music
by Rossini, Wagner, Verdi, Bernstein, Catalani,
MacIntyre, Rodgers, Weill, Shostakovich & Puccini:
Nina Stemme (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone),
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Choir/Daniel
Harding, Stockholm, Sweden, 06.01.2006 (GF)
Bach
and Beethoven: Seattle
Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 30.12.2005 (BJ)
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UK
Concerts and Recitals
Enescu,
Chabrier , Khachaturian, Elgar:
RCM Sinfonietta / Leonard
Schreiber, violin / Neil Thomson, conductor. RCM
Concert Hall, London. 29.06.06 (ED)
Shostakovitch,
Mahler: Sergey
Khachatryan (violin) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
(conductor) Philharmonia Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London, 27.6.06 (AO)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 3: Lilli
Paasikivi
(contralto) Ladies
of the London Symphony Chorus,
The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge; London
Symphony Orchestra,
Paavo Järvi (conductor):
Barbican Hall;
25.06. 2006 (AR)
‘House
Music’ at The Royal Opera House:
Mozart, Vaughan Williams
Ian Bostridge, Antonio Pappano, Peter Manning
(violin) Jan Schmolck (violin) Andriy Viytovych
(Viola) Christopher Vanderspar (Cello) Royal
Opera House, Covent Garden 25.06 2006. (M E)
Aldeburgh
Festival (9) Debussy,
Mozart, Satie and
Stravinsky:
Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque
- pianos, Snape Maltings 21.06.2006 (JW)
Sir Charles Mackerras's 80th Birthday Gala Concert:
Wagner,
Mozart, Schubert:
Alfred Brendel
(piano),
Philharmonia Orchestra,
Sir Charles Mackerras
(conductor):
Queen Elizabeth Hall: 20.06.2006. (AR)
Aldeburgh
Festival (8): Schubert,
Shostakovitch and
Mozart: Belcea
Quartet; Simon Rowland-Jones (viola) Snape Maltings,
19.06.2006 (JW)
Aldeburgh
Festival (11) : Blythburgh
Church: Roderick Williams - baritone, Roger West
- piano. 18.06.2006 (JW)
Aldeburgh
Festival (7): The
three events
for Saturday 18.06. 2006 (JW)
Aldeburgh
Festival (5) :
Webern,
Berg, Schoenberg, Henze
Ian Bostridge, (tenor), Craig Ogden (guitar),
Stephen Richardson (narrator) Birmingham Contemporary
Music Group, Thomas Adès (conductor) The
Maltings, Snape, 19.6.06 (AO)
Royal College
of Music String Player of the Year 2006.
Wigmore Hall, London. 18.06.06
(ED)
Schumann,
his Poets and Contemporaries:
Heinrich
Heine. Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Allan Clayton (tenor) Robert Murray (tenor) Ronan
Collett (baritone) Michael Nagy (baritone) Gabriel
Woolf (narrator) Graham Johnson (piano) Wigmore
Hall, 17.06.2006. (M E)
Aldeburgh
Festival (10) : Britten Sinfonia,
cond. Christoph Poppen, Mary Plazas - soprano,
Neal Davies - bass, Snape Maltings 16.06.2006
(JW)
Aldeburgh
Festival (6) Britten,
Matthews, Mozart:
Endellion String Quartet; David Adams –
Viola, Snape Maltings, 16.06.2006 (JW)
Haydn,
Schubert, Mozart:
Alfred Brendel
(piano). Barbican Hall, 16.06. 2006 (CC)
Mozart:
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra / Nick Davies, Yvette Bonner (soprano);
Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple, North Devon, 16.06.2006
(BK)
Beethoven & Shostakovich: Stephen
Hough (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Yakov
Kreizberg (conductor), Barbican Centre, 15.06.2006
(AR)
Clara
Mouriz (mezzo) and Joseph Middleton (piano).
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London. 14.06.2006
(ED)
Stravinsky:
Four Etudes, Violin
Concerto in D and The Nightingale,
Daniel Hope(violin) vocal soloists, City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Chorus,
Sakari Oramo, Symphony Hall, Birmingham 14.6.2006
(JW)
Mozart
& Shostakovich: Wolfgang Schulz
(flute) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard
Haitink (conductor): Barbican Centre, 13.06. 2006
(AR)
Barber,
Kuula, Melartin, Merikanto, Madetoja, Wolf, Granados,
Turina:
Karita Mattila (soprano); Martin Katz (piano).
Barbican Hall, London 12.06.006 (CC)
Aldeburgh
Festival (4) Britten,
Lutyens, Henze, Simon Bainbridge: Robert Murray,
(tenor), Christopher Glynn (piano) Jubilee Hall,
Aldeburgh, 12.6.06 (AO)
Spitalfields
Festival 2006:
Wilton’s Music
Hall, 06 and 12. 06.2006 (DD)
Aldeburgh
Festival (3) Schoenberg,
Ferneyhough,
Berg:
Arditti Quartet : Irvine Arditti (violin) Ashot
Sarkissjan (violin), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas
Fels (cello) Aldeburgh Parish Church, Aldeburgh,
11.6.06 (AO)
Shostakovich, Beethoven:
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
(Conductor), Lang Lang (Piano).Barbican Hall London,
11.06.2006. (GD)
Handel,
Haydn, Mozart: Andreas
Scholl (counter-tenor)
Markus Markl (harpsichord, fortepiano) ‘Song
on the South Bank’ series, Queen Elizabeth
Hall, Sunday 11.6. 2006 (M E)
Aldeburgh
Festival (2) A
Brian Ferneyhough Portrait: Irvine
Arditti (violin), Exaudi Vocal Ensemble, James
Weeks (director), Orford Church, Orford, Suffolk,
10.6.06 (AO)
Aldeburgh
Festival (1) Britten,
Shostakovitch:
The Hallé, Mark Elder (conductor), Timothy
Robinson (tenor), Richard Watkin (horn) The Maltings,
Snape, 10.06.2006 (AO
EMMA
JOHNSON AT THE DEVERON FESTIVAL:
Mozart, Weber and Beethoven;
Emma Johnson (clarinet) Deveron Festival Orchestra
/ Gareth John 10.06.2006, Banff Academy, Banff,
Scotland (AC)
Wagner,
Mendelssohn, Schubert: Philharmonia
Orchestra, cond. Sir Charles Mackerras; Alina
Ibragimova (violin) Barbican Hall London. 10.6
2006 (GD)
Bohemian
Landscapes: Dvorák
and Mahler, Matthias
Goerne (bar), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
/ Manfred Honeck (conductor) Symphony Hall, Birmingham
10.06.2006 (BK)
Bartók,
Piano music. Pierre-Laurent
Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich, pianos; Colin Currie
and Sam Walton, percussion. Wigmore Hall, London.
09.06.2006 (ED)
Bartók, String Quartets 1-3.
Belcea
Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London. 03.06.2006 (ED)
Bath International Music Festival (3)
Stravinsky, Bach, Gismonti
and Sheppard: Joanna
MacGregor (pno/director) Andy Sheppard (saxophones)
Britten Sinfonia, The Pavilion, Bath, 31.05.2006
(BK)
Wagner,
‘Good Friday
Music’ from
Parsifal; Szymanowski, Stabat Mater;
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem. Soloists,
The Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David
Hill. Westminster Cathedral, 31.05.06. (ED)
Kenneth
Hesketh, Luke Bedford, Alban Berg:
Nicholas Hodges (piano),
Clare Booth (soprano), Clio Gould (violin), London
Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Queen
Elizabeth Hall, London, 30.05.2006 (AO)
Bath
International Music Festival (2)
Økland
/ Apeland / Nordli trio:
Nils Økland (hardanger
fiddle, violin), Sigbjorn Apeland (harmonium),
Åsne Valland Nordli (soprano), Guildhall,
Bath, 27.05.2006 (GPu)
Borodin,
Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky:
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
(Kirov), Valery Gergiev (conductor), St. David’s
Hall, Cardiff, 26.05.2006 (GPu)
Cecilia
Bartoli in Manchester: ‘Opera Proibita’
Music in Rome at the
turn of the 18th century. Arias and instrumental
music by Handel, Scarlatti, Caldara and Corelli.
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Freiburger Barockorchester,
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 24.05 2006 (RJF)
Mozart: Mariane Thorsen
(Violin), Lawrence Power (Viola), Philharmonia
Orchestra, Franz Bruggen (conductor), QEH, 23.05.2006
(GD)
Schumann,
his Poets and Contemporaries:
Geibel. Angelika Kirchschlager
(mezzo) Lucy Crowe (soprano) Allan Clayton (tenor)
Ronan Collett (baritone) Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Graham Johnson (piano) Wigmore Hall, 20.05. 2006.
(ME)
Schubert
and Britten:
Takács Quartet
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 20.05.2006 (TJH)
Bath
International Music Festival (1) Messiaen:
Natalie
Clein and Friends: Natalie Clein (cello), Chen
Halevi (clarinet), Charles Owen (piano), Pekka
Kuusisto (violin), Assembly Rooms, Bath, 21.05.2006
(GPu)
Mendelssohn, Mahler,
Elgar: Wolfgang
Holzmair
(baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard
Hickox (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 20.05.2006
(GPu)
Tristan Murail: Pascal
Rophé (conductor),
Soloists from the Philharmonia
Orchestra, Sounds Intermedia, Queen Elizabeth
hall, London 18.05.2006 (AO)
and
Wagner, Britten, Prokofiev:
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Laurence Davies (horn), Hugh Wolff (conductor),
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London, 18.05.2006 (AO)
Bach,
Beethoven, Schumann: Grigory
Sokolov (piano), Barbican Hall, 16.05.2006 (CC)
The
Kirov at the Sage 2:
Vadim Repin (vln)The
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
(Kirov), conductor Valery Gergiev,
The
Sage, Gateshead,13
and 16.05.2006 (JL)
Mozart, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin: Yundi
Li (piano),
QEH, 15.05.2006 (CC)
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Shostakovich: Anu Komsi (Soprano), Pia
Komsi (Soprano), BBC symphony Orchestra, Conductor
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Barbican Hall, London, 12.05.2006
(GD)
The
Kirov at the Sage 1:
Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and
Shostakovich, The Kirov Orchestra, conductor Valery
Gergiev, Hall 1, The Sage, Gateshead, 12.05.2006 (JP)
Mozart;
Beethoven, Prokofiev and Shostakovich:
Maxim Vengerov, violin;
Lilya Zilberstein, piano, Barbican, London, 11.05.2006
(ED)
Britten:
Four
Sea Interludes from
Peter Grimes; Les Illuminations,
Debussy, La mer; Varese Amériques:
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra,
cond. James Conlon, Barbican Hall, 05.05.2006
(ME)
Shostakovich,
Symphonies
No.1 and No.14:
Olga
Sergeeva (soprano),
Sergey Alexashin, (bass), London Symphony Orchestra,
Valéry Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall,
London, 13.4.2006 (AO)
Wagner, Liszt And The Romantic
Tradition: Susan
Bullock (Soprano), Louis
Lortie (Piano), Wigmore Hall, 12.4.2006 (JPr)
Beethoven & Shostakovich:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
(piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von
Dohnányi, QEH, 11.4.2006 (CC)
Wagner,
Liszt and the Romantic Tradition:
Louis
Lortie (Piano), Wigmore Hall, 10.04.2006 (JPr)
Tomas Luis De Victoria: The
Choral Pilgrimage 2006 Motets
and Requiem (1605) The Sixteen conducted by Harry
Christophers, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 10.4.2006
(RJF)
Handel,
Solomon: Solomon,
David Hansen (counter-tenor), Solomon's Queen,
Malin Christensson (soprano), Queen of Sheba,
Marie Arnet (soprano), First Harlot, Malin Christensson
(soprano), Second Harlot, Marie Arnet, (soprano),
Zadok, the High Priest, Jeremy Ovenden (tenor),
A Levite, Henry Waddington (bass), Chorus of Priests,
Chorus of Israelites, English Voices, Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment, Rene Jacobs, Conductor,
Barbican Hall, London, 7.4.2006 (GD)
Bruch
and Mendelssohn:
Tamsin
Waley-Cohen, violin, Orchestra of St John's / John Lubbock, conductor,
Cadogan Hall, 6.4.2006 (ED)
Mozart:
Fantasy in
C minor K 475, Sonata in
C minor K 457, Adagio in B minor K 540, Sonata
in F K533/K494, Sonata in D K 576: Mitsuko Uchida
(piano), Barbican Hall, London, 5.4.2006 (GD)
Brahms and Beethoven: Frank Peter Zimmerman
(violin), Philharmonia Orchestra,
Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall,
4.4.2006 (AR)
Roussel,
Glazunov, Mussorgsky/Ravel:
Arabella
Steinbacher,
Violin, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Walter
Weller, Conductor, Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 1.4.2006
(GPu)
Sir
Edward Elgar: The
Dream of Gerontius Sarah Connolly (Mezzo Soprano)
James Oxley (Tenor) Roderick Williams (Bass) Gloucester
Choral Society, The Regency Sinfonia conducted
by Andrew Nethsingha, Gloucester Cathedral 1.4.
2006 (JQ)
London
Handel Festival
- Handel,
Judas
Maccabaeus: Soloists, London Handel Singers,
London Handel Orchestra, directed from the fortepiano
by Laurence Cummings, St.George’s Church, Hanover
Square, 30.3.2006 (ME)
Wagner,
Schoenberg and Bartók: Hilary
Hahn
(violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös
(conductor), Barbican Hall 29.3.2006 (TJH)
Wagner,
Siegfried Idyll; Wesendonck-Lieder; Brahms, Symphony
No.2:
Eva
Johansson, soprano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
/ Nicholas Michalakis, conductor, Cadogan Hall,
29.3.2006 (ED)
Fauré,
Hahn, Respighi, Musto, Previn, Barber: Eric
Cutler (tenor) Bradley
Moore (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 29.3.2006
(AO)
Mozart, Berg, R. Strauss:
Viktoria Mullova (violin),
Philharmonia Orchestra/Philippe Jordan, QEH, 26.3.
2006 (CC)
Shakespeare
/ Mendelssohn: A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Royal
Shakespeare Company, City of London Sinfonia Voices,
Douglas Boyd, conductor, Jonathan Best, director.
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 25.3.2006 (G
Pu)
Mahler
& Schubert:
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
and Julius Drake (piano), Wigmore Hall, 24.3.2006
(JPr)
Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov:
Peter Donohoe (piano),
QEH, 23.3.2006 (CC)
Beethoven
Symphony No.8 and Rossini Stabat Mater:
Sandra Radvanovsky (soprano),
Ann-Marie Owens (Mezzo-Soprano), Charles Castronovo
(Tenor), Jonathan Lemalu (Bass), London Symphony
Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,
Mark Elder conductor, Barbican Hall, London, 21.3.06
(GD)
Robert
and Clara Schumann –
songs:
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 20.3.06 (AO)
J. S. Bach St. Matthew Passion: Soloists,
St George’s Singers and Manchester Camerata, The
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. 19.3. 2006 (RJF)
Sibelius,
Turnage and Nielsen: Martin Robertson,
saxophone, BBC
Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Swensen, conductor, Barbican Hall, 19.3.2006 (AR)
Handel,
Hercules: Les Arts
Florissants, cond. William Christie. Barbican
Theatre, 18.3.2006 (ME)
Musgrave
and Mahler: City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – Sakari Oramo,
Anu Komsi (soprano) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Symphony Hall, Birmingham 16.3 2006 (CT)
Elizabeth
Harwood Memorial Award for Singers:
Royal Northern
College of Music, Manchester, 14.3. 2006 (RJF)
Shostakovich Cycle V: Emerson String Quartet, QEH, 11.3. 2006
(CC)
MAHLER
Symphony No 7: Gewandhaus
Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (Kappelmeister)
Barbican, London, 10.3.2006 (AO)
Grieg,
Strauss, Nystroem, Wagner: Nina
Stemme (soprano) Bénédicte
Haid (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 8.3.2006 (AO)
Beethoven,
Chopin: Evgeny
Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, 7.3 2006 (CC)
Shostakovich
Quartet Cycle II: Emerson String Quartet, QEH, 6.3 2006 (CC)
Paganini
in London: Maxim Vengerov Violin Masterclass,
Duke’s Hall,
Royal Academy of Music London. 4.3.2006. (ED)
Paganini
in London:
La Crema di Cremona,
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy
of Music London. 3.3.2006 (ED)
Beethoven
and Mussorgsky: Maxim
Vengerov (violin), London Symphony Orchestra,
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor). Barbican Hall 3.3.2006
(TJH)
Sir
John Tusa 70th Birthday Concert:
Richard Strauss
Lieder; Mahler 5 Rückert Lieder; Ligeti
7 Etudes; Schubert, String Quintet in C,
D956. Joan Rodgers (soprano) Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Julius Drake (piano) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Anthony Marwood (violin) Lucy Gould (violin) Lawrence
Power (viola) Paul Watkins (‘cello) Thomas Carroll
(‘cello). Wigmore Hall, 3.3 2006. (ME)
Chopin, Mahler: Yundi Li (piano),
London
Symphony Orchestra Myung-Whun
Chung (conductor)
Barbican Hall 28.2.2006. (AR)
Schnittke
and Granados
: Tanya Gabrielian
(piano). Purcell Room (ED)
and
Wagner,
Sibelius and Bartók: Vadim Repin (violin) / Philharmonia
Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (conductor). Queen Elizabeth
Hall, London. 28.2.2006 (ED)
Mendelssohn,
Schumann, Brahms, Jensen, Pfitzner, Wolf:
Kate Royal (soprano), Graham
Johnson (piano). Wigmore Hall, 28.2.06 (AO)
Duel: Paganini versus Lafont; Peter
Sheppard Skćrved and Christine
Sohn (violins) / Academy Chamber Ensemble. Duke’s
Hall, Royal Academy of Music London. 27.2.06 (ED)
Mozart:
Serenade no. 9 in D (‘Posthorn’) – Beethoven:
Mass in C,
London Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus, cond. Sir Colin
Davis, Sally Matthews (soprano), Sara Mingardo
(alto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles
(bass), Barbican Hall, 26.2 2006. (ME)
Messiaen,
Amaral and Eötvös: Peter
Eötvös (conductor), London Sinfonietta, Paul Crossley
(piano), Marco Blaauw (trumpet), David Hockings
(percussion), Omar Ebrahim (speaker), Sounds Intermedia.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25.2. 2006 (AO)
‘The
Royal Trumpet’ – music by Handel, Eccles, Clarke,
Purcell.
The King’s
Consort, dir. Robert King: Rebecca Bottone (soprano)
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Wigmore Hall,
24.2 2006. (ME)
Shostakovich,
Prokofiev, Bernstein and Revueltas: Nikolai
Lugansky (pno) Philharmonia
Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) Queen Elizabeth
Hall 23.2.2006 (GD)
Wagner,
Dvořák and Brahms:
Isabelle Faust (violin)
/ London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek.
QEH, 22.2.2006 (ED)
Mozart,Shostakovich:
LPO / Vladimir Jurowski,
Tatiana Monogarova (sop) Sergei Leiferkus (bar)
QEH, 18. 2. 2006 (GD)
A
Romanian Musical Adventure:
Chamber
music by Saint-Saens,
Anatol Vieru and George Enescu. Soloists / London
Schubert Players / Hu Kun (conductor); Purcell
Room, London. 18.2.2006 (ED)
Haydn, Holt, Henze & Schubert:
Viviane Hagner (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Jonathan Nott. Barbican Hall, 18.2. 2006 (CC)
Kirklees
Orchestral Concerts, Elgar,
Walton, Vaughan Williams:
Mark Kaplan (violin),
Orchestra of Opera North, Paul Watkins (conductor),
Huddersfield Town Hall, 15.2. 2006 (P Se)
Mozart
& Bartók Alban Berg Quartet. QEH, 13.2. 2006 (CC)
Mozart
and Mahler, Philharmonia
Orchestra, Emanuel
Ax (piano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Sir Charles Mackerras
(conductor), Queen Elizabeth Hall 11.2 2006 (JPr)
Mozart, Shostakovich London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev.
Barbican Hall, 5.2. 2006 (CC)
Sibelius,
Tüür, Rachmaninov: Isabelle
van Keulen
(violin), Michael Collins
(clarinet),
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor): QEH: 5.2.2006 (AR)
Satie, Adčs, Stravinsky, Turnage, MacMillan
Martin Robertson (soprano
saxophone); LPO/Marin Alsop. QEH, 30.1. 2006 (CC)
Shostakovich,
Haydn, Strauss: Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam, cond. Mariss Jansons,
Barbican, 28-29.01.2006 (TJH)
A Romanian Musical Adventure: Chamber
music by Silvestri,
Bentoiu, Enescu and Ciortea at the Romanian Cultural
Institute, 1 Belgrave Square, London, 26.01.2006.
(ED)
Shostakovich: Maxim Vengerov (violin), London
Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor), Barbican
Hall, London, 25.01.2006 (AR)
Gala Concert
by the Friends of the RNCM
- in aid
of the Barbara Robotham Award for Singers.
Amanda Roocroft (sop); Jane Irwin (mezzo); Jeffrey
Lloyd Roberts (ten); and current students of the
college, all sometime pupils of Ms Robotham, Royal
Northern College of Music, Manchester 19.1 2006
(RJF)
Mozart, Wagner, Stravinsky, Strauss: Anna Larsson (contralto),
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor),
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 18.01.2006 (JPr)
W.A. Mozart:
Eine
kleine Nachtmusik; Exsultate, jubilate; Symphony
No.29,
Eliana Pretorian, soprano, Orchestra of St John's,
John Lubbock, conductor, Cadogan Hall, London,
19.01.06 (ED)
STOCKHAUSEN,
Stimmung: Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier,
director, Jaqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford,
16.01.2006 (AO)
Brahms,
Die Schöne Magelone Op. 33:
Matthias Goerne (baritone),
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Peter Mussbach (narrator),
Wigmore Hall, 15.01.2006 (ME)
GET
CARTER! The Music of Elliot Carter (IV):
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), BBC
Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor),
(additionally Rolf Hind playing Carter, Ives,
Schoenberg and Debussy at St Giles, Cripplegate),
Barbican Centre, London, 15.01.2006 (AO)
GET
CARTER! The Music of Elliot Carter (III):
Jane Irwin (soprano), BBC Symphony
Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor), Barbican
Centre, London, 14.01.2006 (AO)
GET
CARTER! The Music of Elliot Carter (II):
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
(conductor), Michael Collins (clarinet), Ian Brown
(piano), John Constable (harpsichord), BBC Symphony
Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor), (additionally
a film by Frank Scheffer and a concert by the
Arditti Quartet at St Giles, Cripplegate), Barbican
Centre, London, 14.01.2006 (AO)
GET CARTER! The Music of Elliot Carter (I): Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC
Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor),
(additionally a concert at the Guildhall, a film
by Frank Scheffer and a concert by the BBC Singers
at St Giles, Cripplegate), Barbican Centre, London,
13.01.2006 (AO)
Schumann and Brahms: Dame
Felicity Lott (sop); Ann Murray DBE (mezzo); Graham
Johnson OBE (pno)
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 12.1.2006
(RJF)
PLG 50th
Anniversary Season: Carducci
String Quartet, Lancier
Brass Quintet, Alasdair Beatson (piano), Purcell Room 9.01 2006 (CC)
Mozart
& Shostakovich (II): Maria Joăo Pires
(piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Bernard Haitink,
Barbican, 08.01.2006 (CC)
Brahms,
de Falla, Franck, Sarasate:
Leticia Moreno
(violin) and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 8.01.06 (ED)
Mozart;
Symphony no. 1, K16; Symphony no. 10, K74; Grabmusik
K42; Concert Arias; Extracts from Apollo et
Hyacinthus K38 and
Mitridate,
re di Ponto K87, The Classical
Opera Company and Ensemble, cond.
Ian Page, Wigmore Hall, 7.01.2006 (ME)
Chabrier,
Mahler, Beethoven: (Anne
Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Chamber Orchestra of
Europe, Philippe Jordan (conductior), Queen Elizabeth
Hall 7.01.2006 (JPr)
‘When
Laura Smiles’: Rosseter,
Campion, Dowland, James Gilchrist
(tenor) Matthew Wadsworth (Lute), Wigmore Hall, 6.01.2006
(ME)
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