United Kingdom Bax, Alwyn, Elgar: Helen Turnbull (cor anglais), West Forest Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), The Great Hall, London Road Campus, University of Reading, 27.1.2019. (RBa)
Month: January 2019
Fine Advocacy for Unjustly Neglected Works by Three Female Composers
United Kingdom Venus and the Violin – Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Clarke, Beach, Beethoven: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Kings Place, London, 27.1.2018. (CS)
Sinaisky and St Petersburg Philharmonic Play a Memorable Mahler Fourth in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Mahler: Freddy Kempf (piano), Ann Devin (soprano), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Sinaisky (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.1.2019. (GT)
NY Philharmonic’s American Tryptic, Culminating in Julia Wolfe’s Compelling Fire in my mouth
United States Stucky, Copland, Wolfe: Anthony McGill (clarinet), The Crossing, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, New York Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden (conductor), David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 25.1.2019. (RP)
The Ehnes Quartet Makes an Inspired Vancouver Debut
Canada Mozart, Janáček, Schubert: Ehnes Quartet [James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz-Moretti (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola), Edward Arron (cello)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 22.1.2019. (GN)
Jurowski speeds the radiant London Philharmonic and an uneven cast through Die Walküre
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.1.2019. (JPr)
Captivating Lutoslawski Concerto Introduces Moser to San Francisco
United States R. Strauss, Lutoslawski, Prokofiev: Johannes Moser (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Christian Reif (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.1.2019. (HS)
Conductor Henrik Nánási Debuts at the Met with Riveting, if Disconcerting, Tchaikovsky and Bartók Double Bill
United States Tchaikovsky, Bartók: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor), Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 24.1.2019. (RP)
