Concert Reviews – Page 3 – Seen and Heard International

In Strasbourg Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout and John Nelson show their expertise and excellence in Berlioz

18/10/202116/10/2021 by Colin Clarke

France Berlioz: Michael Spyres (tenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / John Nelson (conductor). Salle Érasme, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France, 13.10.2021. (CC)

Michael Spyres (tenor) and John Nelson (conductor)

Kolesnikov And Tsoy combine in Oxford to deliver Schubert’s melancholic best

15/10/2021 by Clive Peacock

United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [3] – Schubert Fantasie: Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy (piano). Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford 12.10.2021. (CP)

Baritone Dietrich Henschel’s compelling vision of the sea at the Oxford Lieder Festival

13/10/202113/10/2021 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [2] – Elgar and Schubert: Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Lucy Colquhoun and Sholto Kynoch (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 12.10.2021. (CR)

With the backdrop of Nature, soprano Siân Dicker and tenor Ian Bostridge bring love to the fore in Oxford

12/10/2021 by Curtis Rogers

United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [1] – Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Felix & Fanny Mendelsohn, & Clara Schumann: Siân Dicker (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Krystal Tunnicliffe and Imogen Cooper (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 11.10.2021 (CR)

Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Imogen Cooper (piano) at Oxford Lieder Festival 2021

Magic Mozart colonised in London with British-Chinese wunderkind Leia Zhu

12/10/202111/10/2021 by Jack Buckley

United Kingdom Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven: Leia Zhu (violin), London Mozart Players / Jonathan Bloxham (conductor). Fairfield Halls, London, 10.10.2021. (JB)

Captivating reflections on Schubert in the Danish String Quartet’s Doppelgänger

11/10/202111/10/2021 by Harvey Steiman

United States Schubert, Sørensen: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen [violins], Asbjørn Nørgaard [viola], Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin [cello]) Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 10.10.2021. (HS)