Live concert Performance Reviews: listing Jan - Apr 2004: Seen&Heard Classical Concerts

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January - April
2004

Articles, Interviews and Editorials

HT Wohlfahrt pleads for Maxim Vengerov to reinstate the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and reviews recent Vengerov recitals.
Donaueschingen Music Days, 2003 by John Warnaby
CD Review: Schubert, ‘Winterreise’, Matthias Goerne baritone, Alfred Brendel piano, Decca Classics: 467 092-2
The Golden Age of Singing by Bernard Jacobson
An introduction to Phillipp Moiseyevich Herschkowitz (1906-1989) (PGW)
Elliott Carter at 95 by John Warnaby.
John Warnaby in conversation with Brian Ferneyhough about Shadowtime, an opera in 7 scenes
Christoph Eschenbach in interview with Bernard Jacobson
Osmo Vänskä talks to Bill Kenny
Luigi Nono: on what would have been the composer’s 80^th birthday, John Warnaby reflects on his life and music.
BOOK REVIEW: Orchestra, The LSO: A Century of Triumph and Turbulence by Richard Morrison, 306pp, Faber & Faber (2004), Ł20 (MB)
Seen & Heard reviewers from the UK and the United States nominate their best live performances of 2003.
Bruce Hodges and Peter Woolf take a further look back at 2003.
RADIO: PROGRAMMES AND REVIEWS

FESTIVALS and INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS

Master’s Recital and Veteran Quartet’s Concert: Brian Ciach and the Juilliard Quartet perform Wernick (BJ)
Deborah Voigt Recital: Schubert, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Ives, Moore, Bolcom, Sondheim. Deborah Voigt, soprano; Brian Zeger, piano; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, April 18, 2004 (HS)
Mussorgsky, Salonen, Prokofiev, Bartok: San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, April 2, 2004 (HS)
Santiago Rodriguez in Virginia, Cabell Hall Auditorium, Charlottesville, 30^th March 2004 (BJ)
Direct from Germany: Works by German Composers, ModernWorks, Madeleine Shapiro (Dir), Museum of Arts & Design, New York City, March 25, 2004 (BH)
Debussy & Mahler, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, March 24, 2004 (BJ)
Debussy/Holloway: En Blanc et Noir, Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives, Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conducting, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, March 12, 2004.
Mahler & Shostakovich, Matthias Goerne (baritone), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, March 12 and 13, 2004 (BH)

Schoenberg, Dallapiccola, Martirano, Ives, Marilyn Nonken (piano), The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies In America, Columbia University, New York City, March 10, 2004 (BH)
Mahler & Schumann Lieder, Matthias Goerne (Baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (Piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City, March 7, 2004 (BH)
Valentin Bibik (In Memoriam) and Leon id Hrabovsky – Ukrainian Masters, Continuum, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, Saturday, March 6, 2004 (BH)
2004 Look & Listen Festival, Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, March 4, 2004 (BH)
Composer Portrait: Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988): Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, February 26, 2004 (BH)
Mahler Symphony No. 5; Beethoven Marches, Cherubini Overture to Anacréon San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting, Davies Symphony Hall, March 3, 2004 (HS)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Mezzo-Soprano, Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale, The American Boychoir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 23, 2004 (BH)
Philadelphia Music Directors Past, Manqué, and Present, Bernard Jacobson reviews some recent concerts.
Haydn, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianos, New York Philharmonic, Antonio Pappano, conductor (New York Philharmonic debut), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, Saturday, February 21, 2004 (BH)
"The Seasons" Italian-Russian Festival in St Petersburg (& Moscow), Vremena Goda Orchestra/Bulakhov, Feb 7-15 (St Petersburg) & Feb 19 (Moscow) (NM)
Magnitude on a Small Stage – Krosnick and Kalish reviewed by Bernard Jacobson
An Evening of Schubert Lieder: Renée Fleming, soprano, Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Matthew Polenzani, tenor, René Pape, bass, James Levine, piano, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 17^th, 2004 (BH)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551, "Jupiter", Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 15^th, 2004 (BH)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, in F Minor, Op. 36, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 14^th, 2004 (BH)
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp Major (1910), Wagner: Parsifal, Act II (1877-81), Thomas Moser, Tenor (Parsifal), Michelle DeYoung, Mezzo-Soprano (Kundry), Eike Wilm Schulte, Baritone (Klingsor), Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, Music Director, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 12, 2004 (BH)
Dalbavie, Messiaen, Ravel, Bartok, Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joseph Flummerfelt, Conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 11, 2004 (BH)
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, rev. 1947), Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77, Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Vln), Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Music Director and Conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 9, 2004 (BH)
Composer Portrait: The Music of Olga Neuwirth, Pascal Gallois (bassoon), Rand Steiger, guest conductor, Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, Friday, February 6, 2004 (BH)
Shostakovich: Festive Overture in A Major, Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Hélène Grimaud, piano, Russian National Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov, conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, February 3, 2004 (BH)
Elliott Carter at 95, The Ensemble Sospeso, The Arditti Quartet, Rand Steiger, conductor, The Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York City, January 30, 2004 (BH)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93, Stravinsky: The Firebird (1910), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, January 21, 2004 (BH)
Fauré: Requiem, Franck: Psyché, Honegger: Symphony No. 2 San Francisco Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, January 21, 2004 (HS)
Courvoisier Meets Rot-gut: a culture clash in the concert hall, Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins with Ute Lemper and the Philadelphia Orchestra by Bernard Jacobson
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, (Original edition, 1875-76), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor, Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 13, 2003 (BH)
Saint-Saëns, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Orchestre National de France, Paris, January 8, 2004 (FC)

OPERA (UK and International),

S. Prokofiev, Ognenniy Angel ("The Fiery Angel"), The Bol’shoi Theatre, Moscow, 24^th April 2004 (NM)
P.I. Tchaikovsky: ‘Eugene Onegin,’ Welsh National Opera at Bristol Hippodrome, 17^thApril 2004 (BK)
Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Soloists, Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, Antonio Pappano (cond), Covent Garden, 5^th April 2004 (MB)
The Met’s Salome Revisited by Bruce Hodges
Handel, Xerxes, New York City Opera, soloists, New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, New York; March 30, 2004 (HS)
Wagner: Die Walküre, Soloists, James Levine, conductor, Metropolitan Opera, New York, March 29, 2004 (HS)
Mozart, The Magic Flute Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera, Coliseum, 2.30pm, Saturday, March 27^th, 2004 (CC)
Dvořák Vanda (UK Premiere), Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of University College Opera/Charles Peebles, The UCL Bloomsbury, Friday, March 26^th, 2003 (CC)
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, soloists, English National Opera, Noel Davies, London Coliseum, March 16^th, 2004 (CC)
Richard Strauss: Salome (new production premiere). Soloists, Metropolitan Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City, March 15^th 2004 (BH)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, soloists, Nationaltheater Mannheim, March 14th, 2004 (SM)
RichardWagner, ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 13^th March 2004 (new production premiere)(BK)
MOZART: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Opera de Rouen, March 9, 2004 (FC)
OPERA SCANDAL 1920s: Three Hindemith Operas, Soloists, American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, Conductor, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, Friday, March 5, 2004 (BH)
Verdi, La Traviata, Soloists, Metropolitan Opera, Valery Gergiev, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City, March 2^nd, 2004 (BH)
Richard Wagner, Rhinegold, soloists, English National Opera, Paul Daniel, Coliseum, 4^th March 2004 (MB)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (new production premiere), Soloists, The Metropolitan Opera, James Levine (cond), New York City, March 1, 2004 (BH)
Richard Wagner, Parsifal (Concert performance at the Frankfurt Opera), soloists, Frankfurt Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus, Paolo Carignani (cond), Frankfurt, February 29, 2004 (SM)
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (cond), Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, February 24^th 2004 (BH)
Thomas Adès, The Tempest, based on the play by William Shakespeare. World Première, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: soloists, Royal Opera House Orchestra, conducted by the composer, Tuesday February 10^th 2004. (ME)
Britten: Peter Grimes, soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 18^th January 2004 (BH)
Britten, Peter Grimes, soloists, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Barbican Hall, 12^th January 2004 (MB)
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron, Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, NY, December 23^rd 2003 (BH)
Finnish National Opera House: 10^th Anniversary Gala Evening, 31^st December 2003 (BK)
Villains and Victims I: Peter Grimes at Finnish National Opera, 29^th December 2003 (BK)
Villains and Victims II: Katya Kabanova at Finnish National Opera 30^th December 2003 (BK)

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CONCERTS and RECITALS (UK)

Debussy, Berio, Stravinsky François Le Roux (baritone); Christian Lindberg (trombone); London Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra/Pierre-André Valade, RFH, Tuesday, April 20^th (CC)
Bach, Prokofiev, Adams Leila Josefowicz (violin); John Novacek (piano), Wigmore Hall, Monday, April 19^th, 2004 (CC)
Bach, ‘St Matthew Passion’ LSO / Christophers: John Mark Ainsley (Evangelist) Stephen Roberts (Christus): soloists. Barbican Hall, 18^th April 2004 (ME)
Beethoven, Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’ & Tippett, A Child of Our Time, Rebecca Ryan (sop), Jeanette Ager (mezzo-soprano), Wynne Evans (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), New London Soloists Orchestra, Barts Choir, Alei Gefen Chorus, Ivor Setterfield (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, 18^th April 2004 (MB)
Sir Edward Elgar: ‘The Dream of Gerontius,’ soloists, CBSO and City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 17^th April 2004 (BK)
Mozart & Shostakovich, Julian Bliss (Clarinet), Sergei Alexashkin (Bass); BBC SO Orchestra & Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor) RFH; 17^th April, 2004, [AR]
Schubert, Grieg, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Joshua Bell (violin) and Simon Mulligan (piano), Wigmore Hall, Thursday 15 April 2004 (AN)
Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Andrew Litton (con), Barbican, 14^th April 2004 (MB)
Hindemith, Brahms, Bach, Saint-Saëns Midori (violin); Robert McDonald (piano). Barbican Hall, Tuesday, April 13th, 2004 (CC)
Bach, ‘St. Matthew Passion’ (in English) Birmingham Bach Choir, the English Chamber Orchestra, Juniors of the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Christopher Gillett (Evangelist) Paul Whelan (Jesus), Catherine Bott (soprano) Jean Rigby (mezzo) Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Michael George (bass-bar) conducted by Paul Spicer, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Good Friday, April 9th 2004 (BK)
Prokofiev, Mozart, Mahler Steven Osborne (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi, RFH, April 6^th, 2004 (CC)
Beethoven, Janácek, Brahms Lars Vogt (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, April 5^th, 2004 (CC)
Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Vadim Repin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra/Christoph von Dohnányi , Royal Festival Hall, 1^st April 2004 (AN)
Shostakovich & Mahler Symphonies: RNO/Pletnev and LPO/Harding, RFH 29^th and 31^st March 2004 (AR)
Mozart, Massenet, R. Strauss, Verdi, Wolf-Ferrari, Puccini, Catalani Renée Fleming (soprano); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Patrick Summers, Thursday, March 25^th, 2004 (CC)
Rossini, Bruch, Tchaikovsky, Janine Jansen (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg, Royal Festival Hall, Wednesday 24^th March 2004 (AN)
Beethoven, Ysaÿe, Prokofiev, Wieniawski, Chloë Hanslip (violin) and Itamar Golan (piano), Wigmore Hall, Tuesday 23^rd March 2004 (AN)
Ravel, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky Martha Argerich (piano); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Emmanuel Krivine, Royal Festival Hall, Saturday, March 20^th, 2004 (CC)
Debussy & Shostakovich, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Barbican, 20^th March 2004 (MB)
Stravinsky, Turnage, Varèse Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen. Barbican Hall, Thursday, March 18^th, 2004 (CC)
Mendelssohn, Zemlinsky Artis Quartet of Vienna, Wigmore Hall, Monday, March 15^th, 2004 (CC)
Schumann & Schubert Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Wigmore Hall, March 10^th, 2004 (CC)
Mendelssohn, Tavener, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Haydn: Fairest Isle (celebrating Britain’s place at the heart of European musical life ) English Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman, John Mark Ainsley, Josephine Knight, Tallis Chamber Choir. March 8^th 2004 (ME)
Bach & Beethoven, Emerson Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 6^th March 2004 (AN)
Monteverdi, Madrigals of Love and War: Le Concert d’Astree, dir. Emmanuelle Haim; John Mark Ainsley, Paul Agnew, Patrizia Ciofi. Barbican Hall, Friday March 5^th 2004 (ME)
Gil Shaham in London IV: Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky; Gil Shaham (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra; Hugh Wolf (conductor); RFH, 13^th March 2004 (AR)
Gil Shaham in London (III): Prokofiev, Bach, Paganini/Milone, Bernie/Milone, Piazzola/Milone, Milone, Monti/Milone Gil Shaham & Friends – Gil Shaham (vln), Adele Anthony (vln) and Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, 5th March 2004 (H-T W)
Gil Shaham in London (II): Adams, Barber, Copland, Bernstein, Gil Shaham (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Zinman, RFH, 7^th March 2004 (MB)
Gil Shaham in London (I): Barber, Elgar, Brahms; Gil Shaham (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra; David Zinman (conductor); RFH, 4^th March 2004 (AR)
Beethoven, Chopin Maurizio Pollini (piano). RFH, Tuesday, March 2nd, 2004 (CC)
Mozart, Brahms, Kuula, Debussy Soile Isokoski (soprano); Marita Viitasalo (piano). Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, March 1^st, 2004 (CC)
Beethoven, Watkins, Brahms, Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, 28^th February 2004 (AN)
Bach, Brahms, Beethoven: Maxim Vengerov (vln), Fazil Say (pf), Barbican Centre, 28^th February 2004 (MB)
Haydn, Webern, Brahms Alban Berg Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Thursday, February 26^th, 2004 (CC)
Richard Strauss and John Foulds, CBSO/Sakari Oramo, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 25 February 2004 (RB)
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, February 24th, 2004 (BK)
Schubert, Lieder to Texts by Goethe: Schumann, Lieder to Texts by Heine. Matthias Goerne, Eric Schneider: Wigmore Hall, 24^th February 2004 (ME)
Review 1:Duke Bluebeard’s Castle & Beethoven Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä, Barbican Hall, February 22nd, 2004 (CC)
Review 2: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle & Beethoven Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä, Barbican Hall, February 22nd, 2004 (SN)
Delius, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst: Nash Ensemble, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, Roderick Williams, London Voices, Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Wigmore Hall, February 21^st 2004 (ME)
Dukas, Chin, R. Strauss Viviane Hagner (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins. Barbican Hall, Friday, February 20^th, 2004 (CC)
Borodin, Prokofiev, Debussy Arcadi Volodos (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy, Thursday, February 19^th, 2004 (CC)
Haydn, Britten, Schulhoff, Wolf Magdalena Kožená (mezzo); Malcolm Martineau (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, February 16^th, 2004 (CC)
Sibelius, Symphony No.4, Mozart, Requiem; Sally Matthews (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore (tenor), Alfred Reiter (bass), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst (con); Barbican Hall, 15^th February, 2004 (AR)
Sibelius, Symphon y No.4 – Mozart, Requiem and Ave verum corpus: Sally Matthews(soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen(mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore(tenor), Alfred Reiter(bass), London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst, Barbican Hall, February 15^th (H-T W)
Foulds, Prokofiev, Stravinsky; Akiko Suwanai (violin) Leon McCawley (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 10^th February 2004 (CT)
R. Strauss, Shostakovich Tim Hugh (cello); London Symphony Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst, Barbican Hall, February 12^th, 2004 (CC)
Beethoven, Shostakovich Jerusalem Quartet, Wigmore Hall, Monday, February 9^th, 2004, 1pm (CC)
Beethoven, Schubert, Hindemith, Prokofiev: Mihaela Ursuleasa (Piano), Wigmore Hall, 2nd February 2004 (H-T W)
Beethoven, Shostakovich Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur, Royal Festival Hall, Tuesday, February 3^rd, 2004 (CC)
Bernstein, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky; Dmitri Alexeev (pf) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor) Barbican Centre, 4^th February 2004 (AR)
Beethoven, Symphony No.5, Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Royal Festival Hall, 2^nd February 2004 (MB)
Schubert Birthday Concert: Geraldine McGreevy, Christian Gerhaher, Graham Johnson, Wigmore Hall, January 31^st 2004 (ME)
Richard Strauss, Tod und Verklärung, Horn Concerto No.2, Ein Heldenleben, David Pyatt (horn), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Barbican, 1^st February 2004 (MB)
Liszt & Wagner Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer. Barbican Hall, January 30^th and 31^st, 2004 (CC)
Smetana, Dvorák Midori (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra/Jirí Belohlávek. Thursday, January 29^th, 2004, Royal Festival Hall (CC)
Rachmaninov, Skryabin, Prokofiev, Simon Trpceski (piano), Wigmore Hall, 27^th January 2004 (MB)
Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie and Music from Northern and Southern India, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Sam-Yo! Indian Youth Orchestra, Symphony Hall Birmingham 24^th January 2004 (BK)
NEW CARTER Kagel, Milstein, Read Thomas, Carter Claire Booth (soprano); Nicolas Hodges (piano); London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen. QEH, January 23^rd, 2004 (CC)
Adès, And all shall be well: Mahler, songs from Des Knaben Wünderhorn: Shostakovich, Symphony no. 8 in C minor. London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Ingo Metzmacher; Matthias Goerne (baritone) Royal Festival Hall, January 24^th 2004 (ME)
Schumann, Debussy, Rachmaninov Jean-Philippe Collard (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, Thursday, January 22^nd, 2004 (CC)
Bach, Brahms, Beethoven: Grigory Sokolov (piano), Wigmore Hall, 17th January 2004 (H-T W)
Purcell, arr. Britten: songs from plays; Two divine hymns. Britten: The Five Canticles. John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Leigh Melrose, Roger Vignoles, Richard Watkins, Lucy Wakeford. Queen Elizabeth Hall, 20^th January 2004 (ME)
Janácek, Mozart, Dvorák Zoltán Kocsis (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/Jirí Belohlávek, Royal Festival Hall, Tuesday, January 20^th, 2004 (CC)
Beethoven, Dvorák Beaux Arts Trio, Wigmore Hall, Monday, January 19^th, 2004 (CC)
Chopin, Schubert, Ravel: Dong-Hyek Lim (Piano), Wigmore Hall, 15th January 2004 (H-T W)
John Cage Uncaged at the Barbican, London, 16-18 January 2004 (JM)
JOHN CAGE UNCAGED: Cage in his American Context
Schuman, Cage, Cowell. Antheil, Ives, Copland, Cage Philip Mead (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Lawrence Foster, Anthony Legge. Barbican Hall, Friday, January 16^th, 2004 (CC)
Miaskovsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov Truls Mørk (cello); Kathryn Stott (piano), Wigmore Hall, 1pm, Monday, January 12^th, 2004 (CC)
Casken, Firsova, Ligeti, Roberts, Payne, Sciarrino, Bingham, Sulzmann Tempest Saxophone Quartet; Dimitri Murrath (viola), PLG, Purcell Room, Friday, January 9^th, 2004 (CC)
Firsova, Casken, Schnittke, Parkin, Clarke, Tabakova, Langer, Bennett, Hoddinott David Childs (euphonium); Harvey Davies (piano); Evelyn Chang (solo piano). Wednesday, January 7^th, 7.30pm, Purcell Room (CC)
Harrison, Elias, MacMillan Christina Mairi Lawrie (piano). Purcell Room, PLG Series, Wednesdy, January 7^th, 2004 (CC)
Handel, ‘Messiah’ Polyphony, The Academy of Ancient Music, cond. Stephen Layton, Emma Kirkby, William Towers, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford. Hazard Chase Christmas Festival, St. John’s Smith Square, 23^rd December 2003 (ME)

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Contributors: Marc Bridle (Editor), Martin Anderson, Frank Cadenhead , Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Sarah Dunlop, Melanie Eskenazi, Abigail Frymann, Simon Hewitt-Jones, Tim Hodgkinson, Martin Hoyle, Ben Killeen, Bill Kenny, Ian Lace, Jean Martin, Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Ian Pace, Peter Quantrill, Alex Russell, Harvey Steiman, Christopher Thomas, John Warnaby, Hans-Theodor Wolfhart, Peter Grahame Woolf (Founder & Emeritus Editor).



Contributors: Marc Bridle (Editor), Martin Anderson, Frank Cadenhead , Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Sarah Dunlop, Melanie Eskenazi, Abigail Frymann, Simon Hewitt-Jones, Tim Hodgkinson, Martin Hoyle, Ben Killeen, Bill Kenny, Ian Lace, Jean Martin, Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Ian Pace, Peter Quantrill, Alex Russell, Harvey Steiman, Christopher Thomas, John Warnaby, Hans-Theodor Wolfhart, Peter Grahame Woolf (Founder & Emeritus Editor).