United Kingdom Various, Alice Sara Ott’s Echoes of Life: Alice Sara Ott (piano), Hakan Demirel (video installation). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 7.9.2021. (CC)
Colin Clarke
HGO’s vibrant, glowing Le nozze di Figaro is proof positive of the eternal durability of Mozart’s masterpiece
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists; Chamber Orchestra of Hampstead Garden Opera / Thomas Payne (conductor). Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate, London, 5.11.2021. (CC)
A Wagner Ring curiosity and subtle Strauss from Rouvali and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Wagner: Miah Persson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2021. (CC)
Domingo Hindoyan’s first season as RLPO’s Chief Conductor begins with wonderful Sierra and Beethoven
United Kingdom Roberto Sierra, Beethoven: Anita Hartig (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Tariq Nazmi (bass), Members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 26.10.2021, reviewed as a RLPO stream (available on demand here). (CC)
The Labèques and everything Philip Glass were the highlights of this Philharmonia performance
United Kingdom Glass, Adams: Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), Philharmonia Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.10.2021. (CC)
Promise of Ohana was the draw to the Wigmore Hall, but Bavouzet gave far more in return
United Kingdom Debussy, Wagner, Liszt, Ohana: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.10.2021 (CC)
Bathing in works by Ethel Smyth and Helen Grime with the Bath FO at Kings Place
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Smyth, Grime, Haydn: Julian Bliss (clarinet), Bath Festival Orchestra / Peter Manning (conductor). Kings Place, London, 18.10.2021. (CC)
ENO is back doing what it does best: Phelim McDermott’s astonishingly effective production of Satyagraha
United Kingdom Glass, Satyagraha (sung in Sanskrit): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 16.10.2021. (CC)
