United Kingdom Wolf, Ravel, Dvořák: Wihan Quartet (Leoš Čepický & Jan Schulmeister [violins], Jakub Čepický [viola], Michal Kaňka [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 3.1.2022. (CS)
The Wihan Quartet banish January blues at Wigmore Hall
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VOCES8’s Messiah LIVE from London offered a beacon of hope in frustratingly uncertain times
United Kingdom LIVE from London Christmas 2021 – Handel’s Messiah, HWV 56: Mary Bevan (soprano), Bethany Horak-Hallett (mezzo-soprano); Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Dingle Yandell (bass), The VOCES8 Foundation Choir, VOCES8, VOCES8 Baroque Orchestra / Barnaby Smith (conductor). Recorded at St Jude-on-the-Hill, London, streamed on 18.12.2021. (CC)
Beautiful, uplifting concert with Hymns to the Virgin from the Tallis Scholars
United Kingdom Various, Hymns to the Virgin: Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips (conductor). St John’s Smith Square, London, 21.12.2021. (CC)
Nicola Benedetti stars in an evening of Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s old and new Viennese classics
United Kingdom Mozart, J. Strauss II, Schoenberg: Nicola Benedetti (director/violinist), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (director/violinist). City Halls, Glasgow, 17.12.2021. (GT)
David Watkin leads an unassuming but enjoyable account of Messiah
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Harriet Eyley (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Stuart Jackson (tenor), James Newby (baritone), Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge (director, organ: Richard Pinel), Britten Sinfonia / David Watkin (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.12.2021. (MB)
Great occasion from the London Chamber Orchestra in memory of a legendary horn player, Dennis Brain
United Kingdom Timothy Jackson, Haydn, Britten, Schumann – Horns at Play: Richard Watkins, Michael Thompson (horns), The Guild of Hornplayers (Pip Eastop, Alexander Wide, Michael Thompson, Martin Childs), London Chamber Orchestra / Hannah von Wiehler (conductor). Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 14.12.2021. (CC)
Superbly programmed concert from The King’s Singers LIVE from London Christmas 2021
United Kingdom LIVE from London Christmas 2021 – The Kings Singers: Recorded in St-Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 30.11.2021 and streamed on 11.12.2021. (CC)
An entirely memorable LSO concert of music by Miklós Rózsa and Bartók
United Kingdom Rózsa, Bartók: Roman Simovic (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.12.2021. (MBr)
