United Kingdom Schubert: Mark Padmore (tenor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.12.2017. (CC)
Colin Clarke
The BBCSO Present a Fascinating and Rewarding Portrait of Esa-Pekka Salonen as Composer
United Kingdom Total Immersion: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Various artists. Barbican Centre, and Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 10.12.2017. (CC)
This was an unmissable opportunity to experience the ‘other’ side of Esa-Pekka Salonen, so beloved of London audiences via his conducting activities with the Philharmonia Orchestra (most recently a wonderful Mahler Ninth). He did not raise a baton on this particular day, however: it was all about Salonen’s own music.
A Most Stimulating Evening of Bach and Telemann
United Kingdom Reversed Fortunes, music by Bach and Telemann: Academy of Ancient Music / Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 7.12.2017. (CC)
The London Sinfonietta Celebrates Karlheinz Stockhausen
United Kingdom Stockhausen: London Sinfonietta and Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble / Pascal Rophé (conductor). Sound Intermedia; Sophie Motley (stage director); Tony Simpson (lighting designer); Jonathan Berman (assistant conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.12.2017. (CC)
Hearing this English Concert Live was Well Worth the Opportunity
United Kingdom Blow, Purcell, Handel, Bach – Welcome to all the pleasures: The Choir of New College, Oxford; The English Concert/Robert Quinney (director/harpsichord/organ) Wigmore Hall, London, 29.11.2017. (CC)
Deeply Rewarding Schubert from Dame Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.11.2017. (CC)
The Hagen String Quartet are Full of Excellence at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Webern, Schumann: Hagen String Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, violins; Veronika Hagen, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.11.2017. (CC)
Singcircle Allow Another Opportunity to Reassess the Genius of Karlheinz Stockhausen
United Kingdom Stockhausen: Singcircle/Gregory Rose (bass); Robert Henke (laser artist); Kathinka Pasveer (sound projection); Stephen Montague (assistant sound projection); Reinhard Klose (sound engineer), Barbican Hall, London, 20.11.2017. (CC)
