United Kingdom The Strauss Project Part I: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.5.2022. (KMcD)
Outstanding concert from Nelsons and his Gewandhaus Orchestra in a truncated The Strauss Project
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Fidelio revelations from Equilbey and Insula Orchestra as she rethinks the familiar and meets it anew
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fidelio (concert staging): Soloists, accentus; Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.5.2022. (CC)
The post-pandemic return of BBC NOW’s Composition: Wales
United Kingdom Composition: Wales 2022: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (composer). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Millennium Centre, 10.5.2022. (PCG)
Apollo’s Fire celebrates their thirtieth anniversary at Severance with works by Mozart and Bologne
United States Mozart, Bologne: Sonya Headlam (soprano), Francisco Fullana (violin), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 7.4.2022. (MSJ)
Nelsons and Gewandhaus Orchestra treat London to outstanding Richard Strauss performances
United Kingdom The Strauss Project Part II: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 10.5.2022. (MB)
Early Music New York goes for the exotic in ‘Telemann à la Polonaise’
United States Telemann: Early Music New York / Frederic Renz (director). First Church of Christ Scientist, New York, 7.5.2022. (RP)
Sonic spirituality from Baiba Skride, Dima Slobodeniouk and the LSO at the Barbican Hall
United Kingdom Gubaidulina, Sibelius: Baiba Skride (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2022. (CS)
An entertaining idea on paper, Weill was lacking finesse in performance
United Kingdom ‘Wie man sich bettet, so liegt man’ – ‘You made your bed, now lie in it’: Monica Arnó (voice), Charles Prince (piano and musical director), Evelyn Estava (violin). Sherwell Centre, University of Plymouth, 7.5.2022. (PRB)
