United Kingdom Beethoven: NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, London, 19.1.2025. (CC)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
WNO Orchestra celebrate style hongrois in their New Year’s Concert
United Kingdom A New Year’s Celebration: WNO Orchestra / David Adams (violin, leader, concertmaster) and Associate Artists (Erin Rossington, soprano, and William Stevens, bass). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 17.1.2025. (LJ)
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Haydn, Kurtág, and Adams in a welcome return to the LPO
United Kingdom On the Transmigration of Souls – Haydn, Kurtág, Adams: Anna Devin (soprano), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Trevor Eliot Bowes (bass), Tiffin Youth Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Jonathan Green (sound designer), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.1.2025. (CC)
Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony’s Barbican Hall musical journey from Venezuela to Russia
United Kingdom Odisea – Lorenz, Grau, Tchaikovsky: Jorge Glem (Venezuelan cuatro), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (CC)
Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
United Kingdom Mahler: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Tiffin Choirs children’s choir, London Symphony Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2025. (CK)
Somewhat mixed bag of Mendelssohn and Liszt Lieder from Lucy Crowe and Karim Sulayman
United Kingdom Mendelssohn and Liszt: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Karim Sulayman (tenor), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.1.2025. (MB)
Power, precision and perfection: the Borodin Quartet at 80
United Kingdom Brahms and Tchaikovsky: Borodin String Quartet (Nikolai Sachenko [violin], Sergei Lomovsky [violin], Igor Naidin [viola], Vladimir Balshin [cello]). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 12.1.2025. (CSa)
The Purcell brothers and The Sixteen ring in the New Year at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Henry Purcell, Daniel Purcell: The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.1.2025. (MB)