United Kingdom Various, ’20 Sonatas’: Tamara Stefanovich (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 27.2.2022. (MB)
Tamara Stefanovich gives a fascinating tour d’horizon of piano sonatas
Mark Berry
English Touring Opera’s enjoyable revival of La bohème
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Dionysis Grammenos (conductor). Hackney Empire Theatre, London, 26.2.2022. (MB)
Individual and successful approaches to Strauss and Poulenc by Barbara Hannigan and the LSO
United Kingdom Strauss and Poulenc: London Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hannigan (soprano, conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.2.2022 (MB)
Splendid playing from an animated and animating Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.2.2022. (MB)
Jerusalem Quartet continue their satisfying and thoughtful exploration of Beethoven quartets
United Kingdom Beethoven: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavolvsky, Sergei Bressler [violins], Jonathan Brown [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.2.2022. (MB)
Pavel Kolesnikov’s fascinating musical tribute to Marcel Proust at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Schubert, Louis Couperin, Hahn, Fauré, and Franck: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 3.2.2022. (MB)
A thoughtful and compelling Theodora at the Royal Opera House
United Kingdom Handel, Theodora: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Harry Bicket (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 31.1.2022. (MB)
The Jerusalem Quartet’s Beethoven offers hope, meaning, and spiritual nourishment
United Kingdom Beethoven: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavolvsky, Sergei Bressler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.1.2022. (MB)
