United Kingdom Hungarian Folk Music: Muzsikás, Kings Place, London, 22.5.2022. (AK)
A film and spellbinding live concert by the ensemble Muzsikás celebrates Hungarian folk traditions
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John Wilson conjures up an evening of late romanticism and jazz inflected musical classics
United Kingdom Gershwin, Ravel, Rachmaninov: Louis Schwizgebel (pianist), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 21.5.2022. (GT)
Jess Gillam features in an uplifting and joyous Manchester Camerata concert in Blackburn
United Kingdom Bartók, Marcello, Mendelssohn, Harle, Tchaikovsky: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Manchester Camerata / Katie Stillman (violin / direction). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 20.5.2022. (MC)
Expert performances of new works in by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble
United Kingdom Various: Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (David McCann [cello], Daniel Browell [piano], Aisling Agnew [flute], William Curran [clarinet], Keith Pascoe [violin]) / Sinead Hayes (conductor). Harty Room, Queens University, Belfast 20.5.2022. (RB)
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla shows a distinct affinity with Bruckner in Lucerne with the CBSO
Switzerland Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Gabriela Montero (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne, 22.5.2022. (JR)
A great Dane bids Scotland farewell with magnificent BBC SSO performances of Mozart and Nielsen
United Kingdom Nielsen, Mozart: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 19.5.2022. (GT)
The London Sinfonietta’s stimulating ‘taster’ programme to win friends for new music
United Kingdom Varèse, Boulez, Feldman, Berio, and Davies: Simone Ibbett-Brown (mezzo-soprano), Michael Cox (flute), Paul Silverthorne (viola), London Sinfonietta / Gerry Cornelius (conductor). Hall Two, Kings Place, London, 18.5.2022. (MB)
Kian Soltani outstanding in Dvořák and Jakub Hrůša a bundle of energy at Zurich’s Tonhalle
Switzerland Dvořák, Smirnov, Lutosławski: Kian Soltani (cello), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 19.5.2022. (JR)
