UK Concerts – Page 114 – Seen and Heard International

BBC Proms 2023 begin with thoughts of Ukrainian resistance undermined by an odd choice of music

27/08/202315/07/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Prom 1 – First Night of the Proms: Lesley Manville (actor), Paul Lewis (piano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by John Williams) from the Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.7.2023. (JPr)

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

The Mayflower Ensemble in Romsey: a stimulating mix of music, eloquently played

27/08/202313/07/2023 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Romsey Festival 2023 – Zemlinsky, Smith, Rachmaninov, Horovitz, Brahms: Mayflower Ensemble (Nicola Heinrich [cello], Alison Hughes [clarinet], Karen Kingsley [piano – replacing Samantha Carrasco]). Abbey URC Church, Romsey, 10.7.2023. (CK)

The Mayflower Ensemble at Romsey Festival 2023

The RPO’s varied programme at Cadogan Hall featured Manu Martin’s fascinating Lim Fantasy

02/10/202408/07/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bernstein, Martin, Gershwin: Matthieu Eymard (vocalist), Mark Bebbington (piano). London Voices, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Robert Ziegler (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 5.7.2023. (CC)

Pianist Mark Bebbington with the RPO at Cadogan Hall

An outstanding celebration of William Byrd by The Cardinall’s Musick

08/07/202307/07/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Byrd: The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood (director). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.7.2023. (MB)

The Cardinall’s Musick (c) Benjamin Ealovega

Kirill Gerstein and Zoltán Fejérvári give a two-piano recital that will linger long in the memory

06/07/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mozart and Busoni: Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári (pianos). Wigmore Hall, London, 2.7.2023. (MB)

A praiseworthy Opera Gala celebrates the Royal Northern College of Music’s fiftieth anniversary

06/07/202305/07/2023 by Michael Cookson

United Kingdom RNCM Opera Gala: Soloists, RNCM Opera Chorus, RNCM Professional Experience Scheme Students, Orchestra of Opera North (augmented by players from RNCM) / Garry Walker (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 28.6.2023. (MC)

Garry Walker conducts the Orchestra of Opera North (augmented by players from RNCM) © Roscoe Rutter

Inspired by the Bard: Met Orchestra and constellation of stars in potent mix of tragedy, ecstasy, and rapture

03/07/2023 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Matthew Aucoin, Berlioz and Verdi: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Angel Blue (soprano) and Russell Thomas (tenor), The Met Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.6.2023. (CSa)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) and The Met Orchestra © Mark Allan

Deeply committed, unfailingly stylish Wigmore Hall recital by Emmanuel Despax

02/07/2023 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom ‘Après un rêve’ – Poulenc, Fauré, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns: Emmanuel Despax (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.7.2023. (MB)

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