United Kingdom Beethoven: Freddy Kempf (piano / conductor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.10.2011 (GPu)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Atmospheric Debussy and Lyrical Rachmaninov from Denève, Lugansky and RSNO
United Kingdom Debussy, Rachmaninov : Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 07.10.2011 (SRT)
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Shine in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart Choral Music: Laurence Kilsby (treble), Julie Cooper (soprano), Jeremy Kenyon (alto), Christopher Watson (tenor), Christopher Borrett (bass), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School, Charivari Agréable, Benjamin Nicholas. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.10.2011 (JQ)
Not Quite Smiles All Round: Beethoven, Barber and Haydn in Zurich
Switzerland Beethoven, Barber, Haydn: Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman( conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Zurich Tonhalle, 6.10.2011 (JR)
Berg Replaces Beethoven in a Concert Of the “Three Bs”
United States Bach, Berg, Brahms: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Alan Gilbert (violin and conductor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra,Avery Fisher Hall,New York, 5.10.2011(SSM)
Raw, Visceral Playing from the Moscow Philharmonic In Edinburgh
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2011 (SRT)
Sir Colin Davis and LSO Tackle Two Familiar Composers and One Unfamiliar
United Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen, and Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican,London, 4.10.2011 (MB)
Pli selon pli Casts Its Extraordinary Spell
United Kingdom Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (4): Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, Pierre Boulez (conductor). Royal Festival Hall,London, 2.10.2011 (MB)