United Kingdom Bach Keyboard Concertos – Bach, Janitsch, Telemann, Marcello: Mahan Esfahani (director/harpsichord), Jacqueline Shave (director/violin 1), Peter Facer (oboe), members of Britten Sinfonia. Wigmore Hall, 27.3.2024. (CC)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
The Anvil: Chinese soft power makes a magnificent impression with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Various: Jiapeng Nie (cello), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra / Lin Daye (conductor). The Anvil, Basingstoke, 20.3.2024. (MBr)
Hardenberger peerless in Widmann’s Towards Paradise, and a fine Mahler Fifth from Harding and the LSO
United Kingdom Widmann, Mahler: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.3.2024. (CK)
A coherent, passionate view of Handel’s demanding Israel in Egypt from Peter Whelan and MCO
United Kingdom Handel: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / Peter Whelan (conductor). St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 22.3.2024. (AK)
Russian and English voices from two centuries beguile and collide in Todmorden
United Kingdom Various: Michaela Jones (viola), Todmorden Orchestra / Connor Lyster (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 23.3.2024. (RBa)
Heaven is stormed in an exciting Verdi Requiem from the Edinburgh Festival Chorus
United Kingdom Verdi: Miah Persson (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Antonio Poli (tenor), William Thomas (bass), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (chorus director: James Grossmith), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.2024. (SRT)
Let All The World In Every Corner Sing: Harry Bicket returns to Cardiff
United Kingdom Bach, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Garcia: Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Harry Bicket (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.3.2024. (PCG)
Khatia Buniatishvili’s disappointing Barbican Hall recital
United Kingdom Various: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 21.3.2024 (CC)