Pamela Nash, a Harkness Fellow, studied the piano and harpsichord in London, Paris and the USA and holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan. She has curated several contemporary harpsichord music events, and was the director of the British Harpsichord Society's International Composition Competition in 2014. Pamela has contributed articles and reviews for Harpsichord and Fortepiano, Contemporary Music Review and Sounding Board and was the producer for the recently-released recording of contemporary works for harpsichord, "Shadow Journey", on the Prima Facie label.
Philip Glass' 80th birthday is celebrated in style by Vasily Petrenko and The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the UK première of his Eleventh Symphony, alongside vibrant performances of Dvořák and Scriabin.
A rare opportunity to hear the complete Brandenburgs was awarded by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a distinguished performance, with Huw Daniel its leading light.
Cristian Măcelaru and the Hallé give exemplary accounts of Fauré's Dolly Suite and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, whilst Mozart's “Jeunehomme” Concerto with soloist Heejae Kim is variable and lacks instrumetal balance.
John Joubert's opera setting of Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece received its long-awaited world premiere by the English Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Kenneth Woods, with a luminous central performance by soprano April Fredrick.
Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO perform an all-Russian programme, with an exceptional Rite of Spring and charismatic playing from solo harpist Catrin Finch.
Manchester flies the flag again for contemporary music as young composers put the BBC Philharmonic through their paces in a bracing programme of Shakespeare-inspired commissions.
Prokofiev's Cinderella shall go to the ball: under Vasily Petrenko's scrupulously magic wand this ballet masterpiece dazzled in a fairy-tale programme of original stage works.
Harriet Krijgh and Gustavo Gimeno excel in their Liverpool debuts, and the RLPO earn a rapturous reception for a ravishing Scheherazade, destined to remain long in the memory.
