United Kingdom Mendelssohn and Beethoven: The Gould Piano Trio [Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano)] and The Elias String Quartet [Sara Bitlloch (first violin), Donald Grant (second violin), Martin Saving (viola), Maria Bitlloch (cello)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 11.2.2016. (LJ)
Month: February 2016
An Outstanding Anniversary Recital by Piotr Anderszewski
United Kingdom Bach, Schumann, and Szymanowski: Piotr Anderszewski (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.2.2016 (MB)
Impressive Cast and Production for East Coast Premiere of Cold Mountain
United States Higdon, Cold Mountain: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 7.2.2016 (BJ)
An Appealing and Intriguing Evening with Opus Anglicanum
United Kingdom An English Music: Zeb Soanes (narrator), Opus Anglicanum, Kings Place, London, 10.2.2016 (CS)
Osmo Vänskä Leads Persuasive Performances of Rarities by Dvořák and Sibelius
United Kingdom Dvořák, Sibelius: Stephen Hough (piano), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), Simon Callow (narrator), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 10.2.2016. (RB)
Pina Bausch’s Final Dance Work Comes to London
United Kingdom Various composers, “…como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si” (Like moss on a stone): Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.2.2016 (J.O’D)
Fidelio at the Staatsoper: Fine Singing but an Unsatisfactory Staging
Germany Beethoven, Fidelio: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 10.2.2016. (JMI)
Angela Hewitt Plays Scarlatti, Bach and Beethoven: What more is there to say?
United Kingdom Scarlatti, Bach & Beethoven: Angela Hewitt (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 24.1.2016. (LJ)