United Kingdom ¡Fiesta Sinfónica! – Márquez, Mortet, Schifrin, Revueltas: Matthew Featherstone (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eduardo Portal (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 27.11.2015 (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Cultivated Playing from Augustin Hadelich
Austria Haydn, Adès, and Mendelssohn: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kazuki Yamada (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 24.11.2015 (MB)
Rachel Podger and Friends Bring Some Glorious Music to Brecon
United Kingdom Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion:Nils Giebelhausen (tenor, Evangelist), Nicholas Gedge (Christus, bass), Alison Hill (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Giles Underwood (bass), Orchestra of Brecon Baroque, Choirs of Brecon Cathedral, Mark Duthie (conductor), Brecon Cathedral, 23.10. 2015. (GPu)
Organ Recital Examines Three Candidates for Kuhnau’s Post in Leipzig
Bach, Kuhnau, Graupner, Telemann: James Johnstone (organ). Brecon Cathedral. 24.10.2015
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Evokes Scottish Landscape in Mendelssohn’s Third
United Kingdom Dvořák, Schumann, Kurtág, Mendelssohn: Steven Isserlis (cello), Jane Atkins (viola), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 26.11.2015 (SRT)
Elisabeth Leonskaja Celebrates 70th Birthday with Friends at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms. Jörg Widmann, Mendelssohn, Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and other musicians – 70th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (RB)
Confidence, Animation and Unity from the Jerusalem Quartet at St. John’s Smith Square
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók and Dvořák: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky & Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), St. John’s Smith Square, London, 22.11.2015. (CS)
An Unbeatable Wigmore Sunday Morning Coffee Concert with Nicolas Altstaedt
United Kingdom Bach, Dutilleux, Britten: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (LJ)