United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Asmik Grigorian (soprano) and Lukas Geniušas (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (CC)
This was Asmik Grigorian’s Wigmore Hall debut, and what a fine one it was
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The Prommers revel as the Last Night of the Proms 2023 is a proper party once again
United Kingdom Prom 71 – Last Night of the Proms 2023: Lise Davidsen (soprano), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), BBC Singers (chorus master: Nicholas Chalmers), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (JR)
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays an astounding Rachmaninoff Third in one of the great BBC Proms of recent times
United Kingdom Prom 70 – Honegger, Rachmaninoff, Ortiz, Bernstein: Nobuyuki Tsujii (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2023. (MBr)
Lawrence Brownlee’s fabulous recital launches Opera Rara’s Donizetti Song Project
United Kingdom Donizetti & Friends: Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) and Carlo Rizzi (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.9.2023. (CC)
Marian Consort spun an enchanting web of sound during Lammermuir Festival 2023’s first weekend
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2023 [1] – Renaissance polyphony in celebration of the Virgin Mary: Dr Lizzie Swarbrick (speaker), Marian Consort / Rory McCleery (director). St Mary’s Church, Haddington, 9.9.2023. (SRT)
Pichon and Pygmalion’s theatrical, yet deeply spiritual approach to Mozart’s Requiem
United Kingdom Prom 69 – Mozart/Süssmayr, Requiem: Malakai Bayoh (treble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2023. (CC)
Two reviews from the Cumbria Opera Festival 2023, truly a hidden gem
United Kingdom Poulenc, La voix humaine and R. Schumann, Frauenliebe und -leben: Sofia Kirwan-Baez (soprano) and Alex Norton (pianist). Penrith Playhouse, Cumbria, 26.8.2023.
Wondrous performances of re-compositions by the Britten Sinfonia at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 68 – Auerbach, Corelli, Tippett, Richter/Vivaldi: Britten Sinfonia / Thomas Gould (violin/director). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2023. (JR)
