United Kingdom Monteverdi: I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (director / organ). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.4.2024. (CC)
Purest Monteverdian joy from I Fagiolini at Wigmore Hall
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Something special again from the SCO and Andrew Manze, their new Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Honegger, Ravel, Haydn: Steven Osborne (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.4.2024. (SRT)
Kopatchinskaja’s Everyday Non-sense: might either be unforgettable or you could just as easily hate it
United Kingdom Everyday Non-sense – works by Shiomi, Schmit, Higgins, Mozart, Kurtág, Cage, PatKop, Françaix and Ligeti: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin / voice / vacuum cleaner), members of Aurora Orchestra. Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London, 24.4.2024. (CC)
Kochanovsky gives Edinburgh audiences a revelatory Tchaikovsky ‘Pathétique’ performance
United Kingdom Musorgsky, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Maria Ioudenitch (violinist), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislav Kochanovsky (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.4.2024. (GT)
Sir Andras Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment sparkle in Mendelssohn
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Sir Andras Schiff (pianist and conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.4.2024. (CK)
Underwhelming Verdi Requiem from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO at the Royal Albert Hall
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Miah Persson (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), David Junghoon Kim (tenor), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Philharmonia Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.4.2024. (JR)
Beaming smiles from members of the BBC SO as Jader Bignamini debuts with Pépin, Poulenc and Berlioz
United Kingdom Pépin, Poulenc, Berlioz: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Symphony Chorus (director: Neil Ferris) and Orchestra / Jader Bignamini (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.4.2024. (KMcD)
An uplifting evening at Basildon’s Towngate Theatre from the Thames Opera Company Chorus and guests
United Kingdom Thames Opera Company’s Opera for All: Thames Opera Company Chorus, Anita Watson (soprano), Nancy Holt (mezzo-soprano), Luis Gomes (tenor), Blaize O’Callaghan (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Beauchamp (piano) / Jeremy Haneman (conductor). Thomas Guthrie (director), Ian Skelly (host). Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 20.4.2024. (JPr)
