United Kingdom Brahms, Rott and Bruckner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 22.4.2016. (AS)
Alan Sanders
Gergiev Brings Prokofiev’s Great Ballet Score Vividly to Life
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 18.4.2016. (AS)
Sir Neville Marriner: Ninety-Two Years Young
United Kingdom Mozart, Bizet: Till Fellner (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields,/Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 15.4.2016. (AS)
Dudamel’s Excellent Messiaen Performance Marred by Distracting “Visual Aids”
United Kingdom Messiaen: Joanne Pearce Martin (piano), Andrew Bain (horn), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 23.3.2016. (AS)
Knussen and the BBCSO Introduce New Works by Schuller and Benjamin
United Kingdom Maxwell Davies, Schuller, Debussy, Benjamin and Stravinsky: Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.3.2016. (AS)
Compelling, Individual Pianism from Evgeny Kissin
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Albéniz, Larregla: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 10.3.2016 (AS)
Another Highly Enterprising Programme from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Zemlinsky, Szymanowski: Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrzej Dobber (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra,/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 5.3.2016. (AS)
Akiko Suwanai Makes a Fine Impression in Beethoven
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Dvořák: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra,/Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 29.2.2016. (AS)