United Kingdom Mozart, Mahler: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.9.2018 (CC)
Colin Clarke
The Mozartists’ Splendid Evening Capped by Bastien und Bastienne
United Kingdom Haydn, Anonymous and Mozart: Ellie Laugharne (soprano); Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Darren Jeffrey (bass-baritone); The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London,18.9.2018 (CC)
Simon Rattle Opens the LSO Season with an Imaginatively Varied English Programme
United Kingdom Birtwistle, Holst, Turnage, Britten: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Philip Cobb, Gábor Tarkövi (trumpets), Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Tiffin Girls’ School Choir, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, 16.9.2018. (CC)
Elisabeth Leonskaja is Triumphant in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart, Schoenberg, Webern: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.9.2018. (CC)
The Doric Quartet’s Superb Beethoven Launches the Wigmore Hall’s New Sunday Coffee Morning Series
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven: Doric String Quartet (Alex Redington, Jonathan Stone, violins; Hélène Clément, viola; John Myerscough, cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.9.2018. (CC)
A Superb Performance of Theodora as the Proms Season Nears its Close
United Kingdom BBC PROM 74 – Handel, Theodora (1749): Louise Alder (soprano) Theodora, Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Didymus, Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) Irene, Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Septimus, Tariz Nazimi (bass) Valens, Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2018. (CC)
Bernstein Overshadows Shostakovich in the Boston Symphony Prom
United Kingdom Prom 69 – Bernstein, Shostakovich: Baiba Skride (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2018. (CC)
Auspicious Prom Debut for Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko Partnership
United Kingdom PROM 66 – Dukas, Prokofiev, Schmidt: Yuja Wang (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor0. Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2018. (CC)