United Kingdom Various: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Anthony Marwood (violin / direction). Grand Hall, City Halls, Glasgow, 4.11.2022. (MC)
Impressive playing from the SCO in a Glasgow programme that contained something for everyone
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This was a BBC SSO concert with a level of excellence that doesn’t come along too often
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Rachmaninov: Elina Vähälä (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Grand Hall, City Halls, Glasgow, 3.11.2022. (MC)
Classical blockbusters from the Belgian National Orchestra in Cardiff
United Kingdom Respighi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns: Paul Lewis (piano), Belgian National Orchestra / Robert González-Monjas (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.11.2022. (PCG)
Tremendous Scottish debut for the Belgium National Orchestra in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Mozart, Respighi, Saint-Saëns: Paul Lewis (pianist), Belgian National Orchestra / Roberto González-Monjas (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.11.2022. (GT)
The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera’s Czech Mates in Cardiff
United Kingdom Britten, Dvořák, Wagner, Janáček: Jana Kuruvová (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 4.11.2022. (PCG)
Dissatisfying conclusion to a Prokofiev sonata cycle by Olli Mustonen at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Olli Mustonen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.11.2022. (JC)
The BBC SSO provide an outstanding evening of Romantic and modern classics in Glasgow
United Kingdom Bartók, Anna Clyne, Chopin: Eric Lu (pianist), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Tito Muñoz (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 27.10.2022 (GT)
Dorothea Röschmann brings a very definite sense of structure and drama to her Oxford Lieder recital
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [9] – Brahms, Schumann: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Jeeyoung Lim (bass-baritone) Malcolm Martineau and Elenora Pertz (pianists). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 27.10.2022. (CR)
