United Kingdom Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: The Allegri Quartet [Ofer Falk, Rafael Todes (violins), Dorothea Vogel (viola), Vanessa Lucas-Smith (cello)], Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 6.2.2015 (GPu)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
A Delightful Concert Celebrates the Chinese New Year
Canada Zheng, Zhao, Li, Xian: Guilian Liu (pipa), Li Bo (horsehair lute), Claire Huangci (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Perry So (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 28.2.2015 (GN)
Two Composers of Maverick Genius Featured in a Stimulating Evening in Birmingham
United Kingdom Berlioz, Janáček. Luba Orgonášová (soprano); Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano); John Daszak (tenor); Clive Bayley (bass); Thomas Trotter (organ); CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 5.3.2015 (JQ)
Adám Fischer and the OAE Sparkle in Czech Music
United Kingdom Smetana, Brahms and Dvořák: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Adám Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 4.3.2015 (AS)
Mixed Audience Reaction to Segerstam’s Bruckner
United Kingdom Bach, Bruckner: BBC Singers / James O’Donnell (conductor), Stephen Farr (organ), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam. Barbican Hall, London, 28.2.2015. (GD)
Eschenbach’s Conservative Concert with LPO Lacks Dynamism
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Ray Chan (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.2.2015
A Masterful Recital from Sir András Schiff
Canada Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert: András Schiff (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, BC, 1.3.2015 (GN)
Enthusiastic Welcome for a Dynamic Young Conductor
United States Mozart, Stravinsky, Beethoven: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA. 1.3.2015 (LV)