UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Berg and Beethoven were served to perfection at the Barbican by soloists, chorus, Simon Rattle and LSO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven 250 – Berg, Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass), London Symphony Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, 19.1.2020. (AK)

LSO’s Christus am Ölberge (c) Candice Wittion

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Beethoven: the 1808 concert in Cardiff

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, the 1808 concert: Alwyn Mellor, Harriet Eyley (sopranos), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Sprague (tenor), Steffan Lloyd Owen (baritone), Steve Osborne, Llŷr Williams (pianos), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Jaime Martin (conductor), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2020. (PCG)

Carlo Rizzi © Tessa Traeger

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An evening of Hausmusik with the Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, Spohr, Schubert: Nash Ensemble (Richard Hosford [clarinet], Ursula Leveaux [bassoon], Richard Watkins & Michael Thompson [horns], Stephanie Gonley & Jonathan Stone [violins], Lawrence Power & Scott Dickinson [violas], Adrian Brendel [cello], Graham Mitchell [double bass]) Wigmore Hall, 18.1.2020. (CS)

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