United Kingdom Various: Yuja Wang (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.4.2022. (CC)
Yuja Wang has nowhere to hide in Beethoven but has phenomenal technique in the showpieces
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Bach, Handel/Halvorsen and Schumann: the soundness of mind and music at The Huntington
United States Various: Camerata Pacifica (Gilles Vansattel [piano], Kristin Lee [violin], Melissa Reardon [viola], Ani Aznavoorian [cello]). The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, 19.4.2022. (DD)
OAE’s St John Passion and Vox Luminis at St John’s Smith Square at Easter
United Kingdom Easter Festival at St John’s – Bach Johannes-Passion and Vox Luminis: St John’s Smith Square, London, 15 & 17.4.2022. (CC)
Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent’s impeccable Bach St. Matthew Passion
Switzerland Bach, St. Matthew Passion: Choir and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 16.4.2022. (JR)
Wexford Festival Opera celebrates its 70th anniversary with the sumptuous sounds of Angela Meade in New York
United States Various: Angela Meade (soprano) and Myra Huang (piano). Wexford Festival Opera, Merkin Hall, NY, 15.4.2022. (RP)
Praise and garlands for Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists at The Soraya
United States Haydn, Mozart: Kati Debretzeni (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). The Yanes & Soraya Nazarian Center for The Performing Arts, Northridge, California, 13.4.2022. (DD)
Essentially an all-Russian affair, this was an exemplary performance from Lamsma, Noseda and the LSO
United Kingdom George Stevenson, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Simone Lamsma (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 10.4.2022. (KMcD)
Julia Fischer’s spring residency with the LPO ends with magical Elgar
United Kingdom Elgar, Enescu: Julia Fischer (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 13.4.2022. (CS)
