United Kingdom Dvořák and Bartók: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 9.6.2016 (AS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Quercus Reveal the Riches to be Found in Austerity in an Eclectic programme
United Kingdom Quercus: [June Tabor (vocal) Huw Warren (piano) Iain Ballamy (tenor saxophone)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 3.6.2016. (GPu)
Superb Championship of Some Less Familiar Repertoire
United Kingdom Poulenc, Prokofiev, Wagner, Elgar: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (RB)
Lars Vogt Below Par in the Goldberg Variations
United Kingdom Bach: Lars Vogt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.6.2016 (CC)
Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)
Small-Scale Wagner Makes A Productively Different Evening
United Kingdom Wagner: Arensky Chamber Orchestra/William Kunhardt (conductor). Oak Room, The Hospital Club, London, 2.6.2016 (MB)
Ping-Pong and Other Jazz Games with Jean Toussaint
United Kingdom Jean Toussaint’s Roots and Herbs – ‘The Art Blakey Project’: Jean Toussaint (tenor saxophone), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Dennis Rollins (trombone), Jason Rebello (piano), Daniel Casimir (bass), Shane Forbes (drums), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 4.6.2016. (LJ)
‘Ancient’ and Modern from the JACK Quartet
United Kingdom Machaut, Zorn, Gesualdo, Shaw, Rodericus, Lachenmann: JACK Quartet [Christopher Otto. & Ari Streisfeld (violins); John Pickford Richards (viola); Kevin McFarland (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 2.6.2016. (CC)