UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Intense emotion and musicality from the Sacconi Quartet at Wigmore Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dove, Haydn, Roxanna Panufnik, Shostakovich: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox & Hannah Dawson [violins], Robin Ashwell [viola], Cara Berridge [cello]), streamed live from Wigmore Hall, London, 23.9.2020. (CS)

Sacconi Quartet

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Elizabeth Llewellyn’s Wigmore Hall debut proves to be very memorable

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Strauss, Coleridge-Taylor, and Mahler, Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano): Live-streamed (directed by Phil Glenny) from Wigmore Hall, London, 23.9.2020. (JPr)

Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)

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Dame Sarah Connolly’s eclectic programme at the Wigmore Hall seems to reflect the world as it currently is

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Poulenc, Roussel, Mahler, Bridge, and Chilcott, Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano): 16.9.2020 performance reviewed as a live stream (directed by Calum Wyllie) from the Wigmore Hall, London. (JPr)

John Gilhooly presents Dame Sarah Connolly with the RPS Honorary Membership

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BBC Last Night of the Prompts: a strictly personal report

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BBC Proms Live – Last Night of the Proms: Golda Schultz (soprano), Nicola Benedetti (violin), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor). Broadcast live (directed for TV by Matthew Woodward) from the Royal Albert Hall, 12.9.2020. (JB) Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro (Overture); ‘Deh vieni, non tardar’ R. Strauss – ‘Morgen!’ Andrea Tarrodi – Solus (BBC commission: … Read more