United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.4.2023. (SRT)
More memorable Shostakovich from Mark Wigglesworth and the SCO
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Royal drama and exemplary Mahler: the London Philharmonic under Edward Gardner on best form
United Kingdom Brett Dean, Mahler: Emma Bell (soprano), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.4.2023. (JR)
Goethe and Byron transformed: Petrenko and the RPO play Dukas and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred
United Kingdom Dukas, Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2023. (MBr)
A seemingly perfect Brahms Gala featured the inimitable violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov and guests
United Kingdom Brahms Gala: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Sandra Lied Haga (cello), students from the Royal College of Music, London, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.4.2023. (CC)
The Iceland Symphony entertains Scotland in Russian romantics and Icelandic music
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Thorvaldsdottir: Sir Stephen Hough (pianist), Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.4.2023. (GT)
A truly memorable performance of Mahler and Poulenc from Rattle, the BBC Singers and the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler, Poulenc – LSO’s Song of the Night: BBC Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.4.2023. (CC)
Entertaining, if a bit samey, AAM exploration of Baroque Carnival at Milton Court
United Kingdom ’Tis Nature’s Voice – Scherzi Musicali: Academy of Ancient Music / Bojan Čičić (director / violin), Thomas Guthrie (production design). Milton Court, London, 21.4.2023. (CC)
John Adams’s Harmonielehre raises the roof in Cardiff
United Kingdom Ives, Szymanowski, John Adams: Bomsori Kim (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 20.4.2023. (PCG)
