Colin Clarke – Page 45 – Seen and Heard International

It’s only January but OAE’s triumphant Aci, Galatea e Polifemo might be one of the events of the year

27/03/202225/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel, Demons in the Bath: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Zoë Brookshaw (soprano, Aci); Bethany Horak-Hallett (mezzo-soprano, Galatea); Trevor Bowes (bass, Polifemo); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Steven Devine (director, harpsichord). Cadogan Hall, London, 23.1.2022. (CC)

*Aci, Galatea e Polifemo* at Cadogan Hall (c) OAE

Pappano leads Covent Garden’s Le nozze di Figaro and it is a visceral reminder of Mozart’s genius

20/02/202210/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor/fortepiano continuo). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 9.1.2022. (CC)

Riccardo Fassi (Figaro) and Giulia Semenzato (Susanna) © Clive Barda

Despite Sibelius and Bartók, it is for Unsuk Chin that the LSO concert will linger in the memory

20/02/202207/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Chin, Sibelius, Bartók: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.1.2022. (CC)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra (c) Mark Allan

Elisabeth Leonskaja at Wigmore Hall proves a fine way to begin concertgoing in 2022

20/02/202205/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Mozart, Schoenberg, Brahms: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Wigmore Hall, 4.1.2022. (CC)

Beautiful, uplifting concert with Hymns to the Virgin from the Tallis Scholars

20/02/202223/12/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Various, Hymns to the Virgin: Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (conductor). St John’s Smith Square, London, 21.12.2021. (CC)

Peter Phillips conducts the Tallis Scholars (c) Rodrigo Perez,

Un opera in maschera: vocally, chorally and orchestrally this Covent Garden Nabucco is a triumph

20/02/202221/12/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Daniel Oren (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.12.2021. (CC)

The Royal Opera’s *Nabucco* © Bill Cooper

Great occasion from the London Chamber Orchestra in memory of a legendary horn player, Dennis Brain

20/02/202216/12/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Timothy Jackson, Haydn, Britten, Schumann – Horns at Play: Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson (horns), The Guild of Hornplayers (Pip Eastop, Alexander Wide, Michael Thompson, Martin Childs), London Chamber Orchestra / Hannah von Wiehler (conductor). Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 14.12.2021. (CC)

Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson and Hannah von Wiehler

Superbly programmed concert from The King’s Singers LIVE from London Christmas 2021

20/02/202215/12/2021 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom LIVE from London Christmas 2021 – The Kings Singers: Recorded in St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 30.11.2021 and streamed on 11.12.2021. (CC)

The King’s Singers at St-Martin-in-the-Fields

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