United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Smyth, Grime, Haydn: Julian Bliss (clarinet), Bath Festival Orchestra / Peter Manning (conductor). Kings Place, London, 18.10.2021. (CC)
Bathing in works by Ethel Smyth and Helen Grime with the Bath FO at Kings Place
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Wigmore Hall’s In the footsteps of… was a beautifully curated, thought-provoking and inspiring programme
United Kingdom In the footsteps of…: Gweneth Ann Rand (soprano), Sarah Daramy-Williams (violin), Allyson Devenish (piano), Cathy Tyson (narrator). Livestreamed (Darius Weinberg director/producer) on 14.11.2021 from Wigmore Hall, London, and available until 13.11.2021. (JPr)
An admirable recital of English song by Andrew Randall and Eric McElroy
United Kingdom Gurney, Ireland, Venables, McElroy: Andrew Randall (baritone), Eric McElroy (piano), Gregory Leadbetter (reader). Ivor Gurney Hall, Gloucester, 17.10.2021. (JQ)
Thomas Zehetmair brings out world-class musicianship from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Haydn: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Zehetmair (soloist/conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 15.10.2021. (GT)
Quatuor Ebène’s superb Wigmore Hall concert has masterly Janáček as its peak
United Kingdom Haydn, Janáček, and Schumann: Quatuor Ebène (Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure [violins], Marie Chilemme [viola], Raphaël Merlin [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.10.2021. (MB)
Dunedin Consort’s season of in-person concerts restarts with a programme partly inspired by COP-26
United Kingdom Purcell, Johnson, Grieg, Hammond, Holten, MacMillan: Dunedin Consort / Grete Pedersen (conductor). Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 15.10.2021. (SRT)
Kolesnikov And Tsoy combine in Oxford to deliver Schubert’s melancholic best
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [3] – Schubert Fantasie: Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy (piano). Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford 12.10.2021. (CP)
Baritone Dietrich Henschel’s compelling vision of the sea at the Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2021 [2] – Elgar and Schubert: Polly Leech (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Lucy Colquhoun and Sholto Kynoch (piano). St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 12.10.2021. (CR)
