Concert Reviews – Page 169 – Seen and Heard International

Scottish Opera’s dash through Verdi’s middle and late periods is a win due to the excellent orchestra

05/06/202312/02/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Scottish Opera’s The Verdi Collection: Eri Nakamura (soprano), Katherine Aitken (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Lester Lynch (baritone), Jihoon Kim (bass), The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Stuart Stratford (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.2.2023. (SRT)

Scottish Opera’s *The Verdi Collection*: Peter Auty (tenor) and Eri Nakamura (soprano) © Sally Jubb

Modality and modernity: works old and new for two violas

05/06/202312/02/2023 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Gibbons, Aviss, Bridge: Peter Mallinson (viola), Matthias Wiesner (viola). St Bride’s, London, 10.2.2023. (CS)

Peter Mallinson, Peter Aviss and Matthias Wiesner © Sally Aviss

Fabulous Half Six Fix of Weill and Beethoven from Eric Lu, Marin Alsop and the LSO

05/06/202310/02/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom LSO’s Half Six Fix – Weill, Beethoven: Eric Lu (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2023. (CC)

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop © Mark Allan

Renée Fleming and SongStudio return to Carnegie Hall

05/06/202310/02/2023 by Rick Perdian

United States SongStudio 2023: Renée Fleming (host and artistic director), Hartmut Höll (piano), Golda Schultz (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 30.1-4.2.2023. (RP)

Zhuohan Sun (tenor) with Golda Schultz © Chris Lee

An evening of fine music-making from the Schumann Quartet and Pablo Barrágan

05/06/202309/02/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Brahms and R. Schumann: Schumann Quartet (Erik Schumann, Ken Schumann [violins], Veit Benedikt Hertenstein [viola], Mark Schumann [cello]), Pablo Barrágan (clarinet). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.2.2023. (MB)

Orchestra of the Swan’s Earthcycle brings awareness to the issues of our time

05/06/202309/02/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Earthcycle: David Gordon (keyboards), Jackie Oates (vocals), Orchestra of the Swan / David Le Page (violin, director). Stratford Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7.2.2023. (CC)

Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra are center stage in Carmina Burana

05/06/202308/02/2023 by Rick Perdian

United States Bonds, Credo and Orff, Carmina Burana: Brandie Sutton (soprano), Joseph Tancredi (tenor), Ethan Vincent (baritone), Philadelphia Girls & Boys Choirs, Opera Philadelphia Chorus and Orchestra / Lina González-Granados (conductor). Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 5.2.2023. (RP)

Ethan Vincent (baritone) © Dominic M. Mercier

Fabulous Silver Jubilee Year concert: a real celebration of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

05/06/202307/02/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Brahms, Mendelssohn: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 6.2.2023. (CC)