United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)
A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera
Chris Kettle
Great performance and partnership: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO
United Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov: Louise Alder (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.2.2024. (CK)
Gently revelatory Coleridge-Taylor symphony from Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall
United Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)
Jac van Steen and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra give a thrilling account of Smetana’s Má vlast
United Kingdom Smetana: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Portsmouth Guildhall, 25.1.2024. (CK)
Outstanding chamber music-making returns to Romsey
United Kingdom Dutilleux, Weiner, Schumann, Haydn, Webern, Beethoven: RCMF Quartet (Luke Hsu and Laura Rickard [violin], Marthe Husum [viola] and Rainer Crosett [cello]). URC Church, Romsey, 19.1.2024 and 21.1.2024. (CK)
Earth-shaking Alpine Symphony from Sir Mark Elder and the National Youth Orchestra at the Barbican
United Kingdom Howard, Smetana, R. Strauss: National Youth Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 4.1.2024. (CK)
Exuberant full house for Chineke! greets Joan Armatrading’s symphonic debut
United Kingdom Armatrading, Tchaikovsky: Chineke! Orchestra / Andrew Grams, Adam Gibbs (conductors). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 24.11.2023. (CK)
Sudbury Choral Society’s gutsy Mozart Requiem with outstanding soloists
United Kingdom Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Mozart: Clara Orif (soprano), Abbie Ward (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Kibble (tenor), Thomas Butler (bass), Sudbury Choral Society / John Chillingworth (conductor). St Gregory’s Church, Sudbury, 19.11.2023. (CK)
