United Kingdom John Williams 90th Birthday Celebration: Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Anthony Weeden (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.2.2022. (SRT)
RSNO’s celebration of John Williams, the master manipulator of emotions, at 90
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Rouvali lets the Philharmonia Orchestra concert go very much off-leash in its virtuosity
United Kingdom Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Rimsky-Korsakov: Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.2.2022. (MBr)
Highly memorable LPO concert with the Brett Dean Viola Concerto lingering in the memory
United Kingdom Nielsen, Brett Dean, Mahler: Lawrence Power (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.2.2022. (CC)
Sharon Roffman directs the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a concert of revelatory music-making
United Kingdom Beethoven, Fennessy: Steven Osborne (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sharon Roffman (leader/director). Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 5.2.2022. (GT)
Pavel Kolesnikov’s fascinating musical tribute to Marcel Proust at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Schubert, Louis Couperin, Hahn, Fauré, and Franck: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 3.2.2022. (MB)
Julia Fischer plays Mozart with the LPO
United Kingdom Mozart, Richard Strauss: Julia Fischer (violin), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.2.2022. (CS)
Brilliant Lisztian contrasts are the highlight of SCO’s concert with Benjamin Grosvenor
United Kingdom Beethoven, Liszt, Sweelinck/Emelyanychev, Mendelssohn: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 3.2.2022. (SRT)
Exceptional Wigmore Hall recital from Günther Groissböck who is a rare visitor to these shores
United Kingdom Various: Günther Groissböck (bass) and Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2022. (KMcD)
