United Kingdom Beethoven, Prokofiev, Grieg: Joshua Bell (violin), Sam Haywood (piano), Barbican Hall, 27.2.2019. (CS)
Joshua Bell Offers Thought-Provoking Victuals Alongside Virtuosic Fare at the Barbican Hall
Claire Seymour
Freshness and Sincerity from the Consone Quartet at Kings Place
United Kingdom Schubert and the Mendelssohns: Gillian Keith (soprano), Consone Quartet (Agata Daraskaite & Magdalena Loth-Hill [violins], Elitsa Bogdanova [viola], George Ross [cello]), Kings Place, 24.2.2019. (CS)
Sensuous Songs from Ciara Hendrick, Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque at Kings Place
United Kingdom Maria, dolce Maria (various): Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Podger (baroque violin), Brecon Baroque [Rachel Brown (flute), Reiko Ichise (gamba), Daniele Caminiti (theorbo/guitar), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord)], Kings Place, London, 22.2.2019. (CS)
Virtuosity, but not Veracity, from Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (violin), Robert Kulek (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.2.2019. (CS)
Intellectual Curiosity and Musical Insight from the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Skryabin, Britten, Colin Matthews, R. Strauss: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.2.2019. (CS)
Fine Advocacy for Unjustly Neglected Works by Three Female Composers
United Kingdom Venus and the Violin – Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Clarke, Beach, Beethoven: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Kings Place, London, 27.1.2018. (CS)
Augustin Hadelich Brings Warmth and Joy to a Cold January Evening in Basingstoke
United Kingdom Beethoven, R. Strauss: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), The Anvil, Basingstoke, 17.1.2019. (CS)
IMS Prussia Cove Musicians Show How Beethoven Both Baffles and Beguiles
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven – IMS Prussia Cove Sándor Végh Memorial Concert: Kings Place, London, 14.1.2019. (CS)