United Kingdom Ives, Copland, Joplin, Gershwin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (Conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 22.2.2013 (RB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Appealing Symphony by Friend of Tchaikovsky
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Kalinnikov: Luke Welch (piano), Mumbles Symphony Orchestra / David John (conductor), All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Swansea, 23.2.2013
Marking the Britten Centenary with His Quintessentially English Operas
Canada Britten Festival: Pacific Opera Victoria, Victoria Symphony, Leslie Dala (conductor), Victoria Children’s Choir, Royal Theatre and Church of St John the Divine, Victoria, BC. 15-16.2.2013 (BJ)
Music, Dancing – and Maths (!) – at the Conway Hall
United Kingdom Tyrone Landau. The Conway Collective, Conway Hall, London 20.2.2013 (CD)
A Mixed Evening with the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Brahms, Haydn: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello) with Charles Owen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 22.2.2013 (CC)
Triumphant Purcell (and More) from Iestyn Davies
United Kingdom Purcell, Humfrey, Tomkins, Blow, Matteis: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Réjouissance [Simon Jones (violin), Andrea Jones (violin), Lucy Theo (viola), Jonathan Cohen (cello, harpsichord, organ), David Miller (lutes)]. Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 21.02.2013. (GPu)
King’s Place Starts to Unwrap Bach
United Kingdom Bach: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Stephanie Gonley, Martin Burgess (violins), Michael Cox (flute), Steven Devine (harpsichord), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Hall One, Kings Place, London, 22.2.2013 (MB)
Earnest Delight in Neuberger’s Bartók
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Bartók: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 22.2.2013 (NR)