United Kingdom James Dillon, The Book of Elements (1996-2003): Noriko Kawai (piano), Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, 19.1.2020. (CC)
Noriko Kawai’s superb Southbank performance of The Book of Elements
Colin Clarke
An impressive Barbican debut by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Shor, Ter-Tatevosian, Bruch, Ravel: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Sergey Smbatyan (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 14.1.2020. (CC)
& Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) (c) ASSO
David Lang’s contemporary re-take on Fidelio fails to convince at the Barbican
United Kingdom David Lang, prisoner of the state (European premiere): Soloists, BBC Singers, Students from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.1.2020. (CC)
(c) BBC/Mark Allan
Sheku Kanneh-Mason excels in Saint-Saëns at the Fairfield Halls
United Kingdom Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Bizet: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London Mozart Players / Jaime Martín (conductor), Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 12.1.2020. (CC)
NYO at the Barbican Hall: a musical celebration of the power of youth
United Kingdom Hanns Eisler, Britten, Shostakovich: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain / Jaime Martín (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.1.2019. (CC)
Superbly executed Wigmore Hall exploration of Dawn to Dusk by Pavel Kolesnikov
- United Kingdom Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Bartók, Beethoven – Dawn to Dusk: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.1.2020. (CC)
Reflective, perfect, music-making from Jonathan Plowright’s Brahms Plus at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Brahms, Schumann – Brahms Plus: Jonathan Plowright (piano). Wigmore Hall, 28.12.2019. (CC)
More enthusiastically received Beethoven Piano Sonatas from Jonathan Biss at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Complete Piano Sonatas II: Jonathan Biss (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2019. (CC)