United Kingdom Britten, Dvořák, Wagner, Janáček: Jana Kuruvová (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 4.11.2022. (PCG)
The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera’s Czech Mates in Cardiff
Concert Reviews
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The London Sinfonietta introducing the audience to Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
United Kingdom Penderecki and Messiaen: Tim Gill (cello), Jonathan Cross (speaker), London Sinfonietta. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 3.11.2022. (JC)
Marvellous concert of Mozart directed by Maxim Emelyanychev making his debut in Berlin
Germany Mozart: Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Livestreamed from Philharmonie Berlin, viewed on the Digital Concert Hall, 29.10.2022. (GT)
Dissatisfying conclusion to a Prokofiev sonata cycle by Olli Mustonen at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Olli Mustonen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.11.2022. (JC)
The BBC SSO provide an outstanding evening of Romantic and modern classics in Glasgow
United Kingdom Bartók, Anna Clyne, Chopin: Eric Lu (pianist), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Tito Muñoz (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 27.10.2022 (GT)
Dorothea Röschmann brings a very definite sense of structure and drama to her Oxford Lieder recital
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [9] – Brahms, Schumann: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Jeeyoung Lim (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau and Elenora Pertz (pianists). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 27.10.2022. (CR)
Elim Chan’s interpretation of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with the RSNO is one of the best
United Kingdom Various: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Dunedin Consort, Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 28.10.2022. (BBS)
Weirdly appropriate Halloween week fare from San Francisco Symphony
United States Herrmann, Bartók, Gruber: Christopher Purves (baritone), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 28.10.2020. (HS)
