United Kingdom Bartók and Bruckner: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 20.1.2019. (AS)
Rattle and LSO Excel in Bartók and Bruckner When Back at the Barbican
Month: January 2019
Marvellous Recital from Rafał Blechacz Despite Trying Circumstances
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin: Rafał Blechacz (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 21.1.2019. (CC)
In San Francisco, a Warm Welcome for Esa-Pekka Salonen
United States Thorvaldsdottir, R. Strauss, Sibelius: San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 18.1.2019. (HS)
Elgar’s Welcome Dose of Patriotism is Just What the Doctor Ordered in Newton Abbott
United Kingdom Glazunov, Suk, Mozart, Elgar: Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Lucy Russell & Marcus Barcham Stevens [violins], Alan George [viola], Sally Pendlebury [cello]), Anna Tilbrook (piano). Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot, 20.1.2019. (PRB)
Nadine Benjamin’s Outstanding Tosca Celebrates How Everybody Can!
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Everybody Can! Opera’s Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / William Conway (conductor). St James’s Church, Piccadilly, 18.1.2019. (TC)
Ensemble Modern’s SoundState Festival Concerts Stimulate the Ears and the Mind
United Kingdom SoundState Festival – Gedizlioğlu, Abbasi, Grütter, Fure, Žuraj, and Saunders: Paul Cannon (double bass), Juliet Fraser (soprano), Ensemble Modern, Vimbayi Kaziboni (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 19.1.2019. (MB)
Paula Murrihy’s Impressive Mahler and Elder’s Joyous and Triumphant Brahms at Saffron Hall
United Kingdom Britten, Mahler, and Brahms: Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano), Britten Sinfonia / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex. 18.1.2019. (JPr)
James Ehnes and Ryan Wigglesworth Combine in an Outstanding BBCSO Concert
United Kingdom Beethoven and Schoenberg: James Ehnes (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 18.1.2019. (AS)
