http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews en-us Plone 2.0 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/nielsen-symphony-no-4-cbso-slobodeniouk-symphony-hall-birmingham Celebrating Nielsen is a collaboration between The City of Birmingham Symphony and the Hallé who have joined forces this month to perform all six of the Danish composer's symphonies in both Birmingham and Manchester. The CBSO has opted for the even-numbered works, and opened the series with the best known of them, the Fourth Symphony, the Inextinguishable. The venture was devised by the orchestras' music directors, Sakari Oramo and Mark Elder. Oramo has since moved on, but was due to return to the CBSO to conduct his half of the cycle until he was forced to withdraw because of illness two weeks ago. Whether by accident or design, his replacements are both conductors with Finnish connections: Okko Kamu will conduct the second programme this weekend, while this opener was entrusted to Dmitri Slobodeniouk, Russian-born but now based in Finland. c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/park-lane-group-young-artists-new-year-series-2009-2013-2 Part Two of the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series 2009 – featured Nicholas Reed (percussion), Rafal Lu (classical accordion) and the Zalas Trio [Carlotta Amargós (violin), Beatrice Graf (clarinet) & Nikolaos Stavias (piano)] at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London. Plus, the one voice in the series this year Kiri Parker sings settigns of Tristram Shandy by John Woolrich... c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:36:43 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/segerstam-sibelius-vahala-violin-london-schools-symphony-orchestra-segerstam-barbican-london Segerstam's Symphony No.189 (Marimekko) [First performance], Sibelius's Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105, Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 and Finlandia, Op.26 with Elina Vähälä (violin) and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra under Leif Segerstam at Barbican Hall, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:36:03 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/berios-sinfonia-national-youth-orchestra-bychkov-symphony-hall-birmingham Luciano Berio's Sinfonia performed by the the National Youth Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov at Symphony Hall, Birmingham c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:27:48 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/vaughan-williams-warlock-songs-and-chamber-music-padmore-daniel-drake-wigmore-hall-london Vaughan Williams's Ten Blake Settings and Four Hymns together with Peter Warlock's The Curlew were highlights of this concert of British songs and chamber music by tenor Mark Padmore, oboist nicholas Daniel and pianist Julis Drake wihtthe Doric Quartet at Wigmore Hall, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/elliott-carter-at-100-daniel-barenboim-piano-james-levine-piano-conductor-boston-symphony-orchestra-carnegie-hall-new-york Schubert's Fantasie in F Minor for Piano Four Hands, D.940, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, Elliott Carter's Interventions for Piano and Orchestra (NY Premiere) and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with James Levine, Music Director, conductor and piano and Daniel Barenboim, piano c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:05:44 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/beethoven-symphony-no-9-choral-munich-philharmonic-thielemann-gasteig-munich-2013-new-years-concert Beethoven, Symphony No.9 op.125 performed by Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Albert Dohmen (bass) and the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann from the Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich – the New Years Concert. When the Munich Philharmonic raffled off tickets to their performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under Christian Thielemann in July of this year, only about two thirds of winners bothered to show up and make use of their free tickets. Half a year later, with the same program for the two New Years concerts and tickets selling at a premium, the Philharmonic Hall at the Gasteig was packed and scores of would-be attendees with “Ticket Sought” signs had to be sent back out into the dark night with their hopes of squeezing in unfulfilled. The lesson about the relation between price and worth is inescapable. c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:46:34 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/park-lane-group-young-artists-new-year-series-2009-2013-1-southbank-centre-london-2013-purcell-room Sulki Yu (violin), Consortium5 [Kathryn Corrigan, Inga Maria Klaucke, Oonagh Lee, Gail Macleod & Roselyn Maynard (recorders)] and Pei-Jee Ng (cello) at the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:30:33 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/mozart-mendelssohn-wolf-songs-elizabeth-watts-soprano-philip-thomas-piano-wigmore-hall-london A selection of songs by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Wolf as part of the BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime concert series performed by Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Philip Thomas (piano) at Wigmore Hall, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:09:22 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/michel-van-der-aa-the-book-of-disquiet-brandauer-bruckner-orchestra-linz-linz-hafenhalle09-germany Linz got its tenure as Europe's new capital of culture (a title it shares with Vilnius) off to a distinctive start with the world premiere of the latest music theatre piece from leading young Dutch composer Michel van der Aa, written for the German actor Klaus Maria Brandauer and based on Fernando Pessoa's addictive work, The Book of Disquiet. c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:27:27 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/mendelssohn-songs-and-piano-works-ailish-tynan-soprano-llyr-williams-piano-wigmore-hall-london The first of many Mendelssohn anniversary celebration concerts - this one given by soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Llyr Williams at Wigmore Hall, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:42:47 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/schumann-prokofiev-debussy-kodaly-piano-works-evelina-puzaite-wigmore-hall-london Schumann's Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22, Prokofiev's Ten Pieces, Op.12 – 1: March; 3: Rigaudon; 6: Legenda; 10: Scherzo and Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14, Debussy's Images – Series 1 and 2 and Kodály's Dances of Marosszék performed by pianist Evelina Puzaite at Wigmore Hall, London c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:44:58 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/mozart-j-strauss-new-years-concert-scottish-chamber-orchestra-janiczek-queens-hall-edinburgh Mozart's Seraglio overture, Beethoven's early Romance in F, and the Blue Danube of Johann Strauss II were among the works in Edinburgh's answer to Vienna's New Year's Concert , this one coming from the city's Queen's Hall with Alexander Janiczek conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and doubling as lead violin c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:42 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/viennese-gala-royal-scottish-national-orchestra-danzmayr-glasgow-royal-concert-hall David Danzmayr, the RSNO's young Austrian assistant conductor, led the orchestra in an evening of Viennese classics including items for the soprano Claire Rutter, at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:39:13 +0000 http://www.classicalmusichomepage.com/reviews/handel-messiah-soloists-edinburgh-royal-choral-union-bawtree-st-cuthberts-edinburgh The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union directed by Michael Bawtree in Handel Messiah's from St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh c6e5b4c4a16fdcfe5749d21bf0c9a2e0 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:33:06 +0000