United Kingdom Adès conducts Adès: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Adès (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.2.2023. (KMcD)
An exemplary evening of music making from the LPO as Adès conducts Adès
Concert Reviews
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Unassuming virtuosity from Kavakos and Pace at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bartók, Ravel, Franck: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 22.2.2023. (CS)
Exceptional LSO concert from a remarkable conductor, virtuoso soloist and world-class orchestra
United Kingdom Gubaidulina, Shostakovich, Stravinsky: Vilde Frang (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Payare (conductor). Barbican Hall, 23.2.2023. (CC)
‘Sea Wrack’ is a fine celebration of Irish art-song in Belfast
United Kingdom ‘Sea Wrack’: Cameron Menzies (Director), Sara O’Neill (Designer), Susie Gibbons (soprano), Jenny Bourke (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bell (tenor), Seamus Brady (baritone), Frasier Hickland (piano). St Joseph’s Sailortown, Belfast, 19.2.2023. (RB)
Rick Wakeman revisits classic King Henry VIII and King Arthur albums at a triumphant Palladium concert
United Kingdom The Return of the Caped Crusader – Rick Wakeman Live at the London Palladium: Rick Wakeman (keyboards), Hayley Sanderson (vocals), English Rock Ensemble (Dave Colquhoun [guitar and backing vocals], Adam Falkner [drums], Lee Pomeroy [bass and backing vocals], Adam Wakeman [keyboards, guitar, backing vocals], The English Chamber Choir (conductor: Guy Protheroe). London Palladium, 22.2.2023. (JPr)
François-Xavier Roth and the LSO excel in Schubert and Zimmermann
United Kingdom Schubert and Zimmermann: Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), William Thomas (bass), London Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Gregory Batsleer), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.2.2023. (MB)
Ensemble Connect in the Carnegie Hall debut of Michi Wiancko’s 7 Kinships
United States Various: Rubén Rengel, Stephanie Zyzak (violins), Halam Kim (viola) Laura Andrade (cello), Amir Farsi (flute), Yasmina Spiegelberg (clarinet), Nicholas Hooks (bassoon), Cort Roberts (French horn), Joanne Kang (piano), Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.2.2023. (RP)
Innovative concert in Cardiff only a partial success
United Kingdom Ravel, Reich, Gershwin, Colin Riley: Freddy Kempf (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales /Matthew Coorey (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 17.2.2023. (PCG)
