United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.10.2016. (MB)
Mark Berry
Alfred Brendel and Dénes Várjon Offer Rather Different Views of the Liszt Piano Sonata
United Kingdom London International Piano Festival – Liszt: Alfred Brendel (speaker), Dénes Várjon (piano). Hall One, Kings Place, 7.10.2016. (MB)
An Intriguing New Work by Peter Eötvös is Unveiled
United Kingdom Eötvös and Debussy: Piia Komsi (soprano), Calder Quartet [Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (violins), Jonathan Moerschel (viola), Eric Byers (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 1.10.2016. (MB)
Musically Strong and Intelligently Staged Don Giovanni at ENO
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Coliseum, London, 30.9.2016. (MB)
Photo credit: Robert Workman
An Enthralling Start to Igor Levit’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.9.2016. (MB)
Lack of Coherence Between Music and Production in Covent Garden’s Così fan tutte
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 22.9.2016. (MB)
The Endellions in Three String Quartet Masterpieces
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, and Beethoven: Endellion String Quartet (Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.9.2016. (MB)
Howard Shelley’s Mozart: A Tasty Lunchtime Treat
United Kingdom Mozart: London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director). St John’s Smith Square, London, 21.9.2016. (MB)