UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus are an indispensable part of Edinburgh’s Christmas celebrations

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Christmas music from Schütz, Praetorius, MacMillan and other composers: Kana Kawashima (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus / Gregory Batsleer (conductor). Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 18.12.2024. (SRT)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus (with Chorus director Gregory Batsleer) © Christopher Bowen

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Intriguing programme of contemporary works performed with flair by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Distant Plains: Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble (Aisling Agnew [flute], Sarah Watts [clarinet], David McCann [cello], Daniel Browell [piano], Michael Trainor [violin] / Matthew Lynch [conductor]. Harty Room, Queen’s University, Belfast, 13.12.2024. (RB)

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

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A star is born: Carolina López Moreno brings Puccini’s Magda vividly to life in LSO’s La rondine

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, La rondine (concert performance): Soloists, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.12.2024. (JPr)

Carolina López Moreno sings Magda with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano © Mark Allan

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WNO petitions to stop the cuts in A Christmas Chorus with RWCMD students

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)

Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).

WNO Chorus and Singers from the RWCMD conducted by Tim Rhys-Evans

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Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Belinda Gifford-Guy (treble), Trystan Llŷr-Griffiths (tenor), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / John Lubbock (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2024. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Elijah at the Sheldonian Theatre

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