United Kingdom Mozart, Britten: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox, Haim Choi [violins], Robin Ashwell [viola], Cara Berridge [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.3.2024. (CC)
Britten’s Third Quartet brings out the best in the Sacconi Quartet at Wigmore Hall
Concert Reviews
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Kozhukhin’s Rachmaninoff touches greatness in a superb RPO concert with Vasily Petrenko
United Kingdom Smyth, Rachmaninoff, Elgar: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.3.2024. (MBr)
Wagner Gala with the Berlin Philharmonic in Baden-Baden: variations on a theme of excellence
Germany Wagner: Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Kwangchul Youn (bass), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 25.3.2024. (DMD)
Leipzig marks the 300th anniversary of the St John Passion
Germany J.S. Bach: Elisabeth Breuer (soprano), Jakub Jósef Orliński (countertenor), Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Benjamin Appl (bass: Christus), Tomáš Král (bass: arias), Thomanerchor Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andreas Reize (conductor). St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, 28.3.2024. (MB)
Wigmore Hall concert of wonder after wonder from Mahan Esfahani and members of Britten Sinfonia
United Kingdom Bach Keyboard Concertos – Bach, Janitsch, Telemann, Marcello: Mahan Esfahani (director/harpsichord), Jacqueline Shave (director/violin 1), Peter Facer (oboe), members of Britten Sinfonia. Wigmore Hall, 27.3.2024. (CC)
The Anvil: Chinese soft power makes a magnificent impression with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Various: Jiapeng Nie (cello), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra / Lin Daye (conductor). The Anvil, Basingstoke, 20.3.2024. (MBr)
Hardenberger peerless in Widmann’s Towards Paradise, and a fine Mahler Fifth from Harding and the LSO
United Kingdom Widmann, Mahler: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.3.2024. (CK)
Understated Mozart from Mitsuko Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Berkeley
United States Mozart, Widmann: Mitsuko Uchida (piano / conductor), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 24.3.2024. (HS)
