United Kingdom Haydn, Shostakovich, Webern, Beethoven: Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 1.3.2017. (CS)
Claire Seymour
The Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra Offers a Rather Mixed Experience
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.2.2017. (CS)
The Revolutionary Drawing Room Present the Musical Embodiment of Genteel Taste and Execution
United Kingdom Beethoven, Haydn, Albrechtsberger: The Revolutionary Drawing Room (Adrian Butterfield & Kathryn Parry [violins], Rachel Stott [viola] and Ruth Alford [cello]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 26.2.2017. (CS)
A Journey in Words, Music and Images: a ‘Parallel’ Winterreise at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Schubert, Winterreise – A Parallel Journey: Matthew Rose (bass), Gary Matthewman (piano) in collaboration with Victoria Crowe (artist). Wigmore Hall, London 15.2.2017 (CS)
The Dante Quartet’s Fantastic Concert Anticipates Valentine’s Day
United Kingdom Jonathan Dove, Janáček & Mendelssohn: Philippe Sly (baritone), Dante Quartet (Krysia Osostowicz and Oscar Perks [violins], Yuko Inoue [viola], Richard Jenkinson [cello]), Kings Place, London, 12.2.2017. (CS)
Uneven Performances in the Penultimate Instalment of the Chilingirian’s Bartók Cycle
United Kingdom Mozart, Bartók, Beethoven: Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian & Ronald Birks [violin], Susie Mészáros [viola], Stephen Orton [cello]), Kings Place, London 5.2.2017 (CS)
The Brook Street Band Banish Dreary January with a Trip to Eighteenth-Century Italy
United Kingdom Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian Legacy: The Brook Street Band (Nicki Kennedy [soprano], Rachel Harris & Farran Scott [baroque violin], Tatty Theo [baroque cello], Carolyn Gibley [harpsichord]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 29.1.2017. (CS)
The City of London Sinfonia and Friends Dance with the Devil for Burns Night
United Kingdom CLoSer – The Devil’s Violin & Burns Night Ceilidh: City of London Sinfonia / Alexandra Wood (violin/director), Henry Webster (folk fiddler), Dan Walsh (banjo), Licence to Ceilidh, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 25.1.2017. (CS)