United Kingdom Dutilleux, Bruckner: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor). City Halls Glasgow, 27.2.2020. (GT)
Donald Runnicles masterminds a revelatory Bruckner Eighth in Glasgow
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Benjamin Grosvenor and friends at the QEH excel in Romantic piano quartets
United Kingdom Mahler, R. Strauss & Brahms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Hyeyoon Park (violin), Timothy Ridout (viola), Kian Soltani (cello). Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 27.2.2020. (CC)
Andsnes and Musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra explore the light and dark of Mozart’s genius
United Kingdom Mozart: Leif Ove Andsnes [piano], Musicians from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Matthew Truscott [violin], Joel Hunter [viola], Frank-Michael Guthmann [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London 21.2.2020. (CSa)
Bezuidenhout and the SCO in Edinburgh was a completely exhilarating listen
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Philip Higham (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano / conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27.2.2020. (SRT)
Beethoven’s message triumphed in the QEH, as did Chineke!’s BAME message
United Kingdom Coleridge-Taylor, Bruch, Beethoven: Tai Murray (violin), Chineke! Orchestra / Fawzi Haimor (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, 23.2.2020. (AK)
Nicky Spence’s intense Cardiff performance of Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared
United Kingdom Janáček, Diary of One Who Disappeared: Nicky Spence (tenor), Simon Lepper (piano), Annie George (mezzo), Charlotte Forfar (soprano), Verity Belle Atkinson (soprano), Molly Beere (soprano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 21.2.2020. (GPu)
Sol Gabetta and the NHK Symphony Orchestra impress in London
United Kingdom Takemitsu, Schumann, Rachmaninov: Sol Gabetta (cello), NHK Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.2.2020. (CC)
Elim Chan kicks off RSNO’s Beethoven Revolution concert series
United Kingdom Bruch, Beethoven: Noa Wildschut (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 22.2.2020. (GT)
