United Kingdom Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff: Olga Kern (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 1.3.2016. (LB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Llŷr Williams Brings a Sense Of Poetry to Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
United Kingdom C.P.E. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven: Llŷr Williams (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Janiczek (violin/director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 03.03.2016 (SRT)
A Colourful and Entertaining Programme from Nicholas Collon and the CBSO
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Stravinsky: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 3.3.2016 (JQ)
An Uneven London Recital from Maurizio Pollini
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Schumann, Chopin: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.3.2016. (CC)
Grace Williams’s Mass Finally Gets the Performance It Deserves
United Kingdom Grace Williams: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Rees (tenor), Jason Howard (bass), Rowan Williams (narrator), members of National Youth Choir of Wales, Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Huw Morgan (trumpet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tecwyn Evans (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1.3.2016 (PCG)
Tamara Stefanovich’s Utterly Compelling Advocacy of Three American Masters
United Kingdom Copland, Carter, and Ives: Tamara Stefanovich (piano). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 26.2.2016 (MB)
Gripping, High Drama in Chelsea Opera Group’s Il Trovatore
United Kingdom Verdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group, Deborah Miles-Johnson (chorus master), Andrew Greenwood (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.2.2016. (RP)
Akiko Suwanai Makes a Fine Impression in Beethoven
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Dvořák: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra,/Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 29.2.2016. (AS)