Made in Yorkshire at Leeds Lieder+

By Richard Wilcocks, 11 October 2011

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Reviewed at Leeds Conservatoire: The Venue, Leeds on 9 October 2011

Falla, Siete canciones populares españolas

Strauss R., Das Rosenband, Op.36 no.1

Strauss R., Cäcilie, Op.27 no.2

Strauss R., Befreit (To set free), Op.39 no.4

Strauss R., Zueignung (Dedication), Op.10 no.1

Harrison, Five distances (Leeds Lieder+ commission)

Griffes, 3 Poems by Fiona MacLeod, Op.11

Novello, We'll gather lilacs

Novello, Someday my Heart Will Awake

Novello, Fly Home Little Heart

Deborah Norman, Soprano

Charlotte Tetley, Mezzo-soprano

David Barnard, Piano

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

Mozart and Salieri under the spotlight in Graf’s Singapore farewell

Chang Tou Liang, 21st May

Mozart is pitted against his ”fatal rival" Salieri in Hans Graf's farewell concert as Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

****1

Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

****1

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

****1

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.