United Kingdom Rick Wakeman – The Grumpy Old Christmas Show: Cadogan Hall, London, 6.12.2019. (JPr)
Rick Wakeman’s Grumpy 2019 Tour offers Christmas Portraits from a national treasure
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
All-British BBC Philharmonic Salford concert tracking the ’fifties into the ’sixties
United Kingdom Tippett, Arnold, Gipps: Michael Collins (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 4.12.2019. (RBa)
Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra provide music-making fully in line with the Schiff sound
United Kingdom Beethoven, Dvořák: Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Barbican Hall, 29 and 30.11.2019. (AK)
(c) Tom Howard/Barbican
The unbelievable magic of Beatrice Rana’s pianism at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Ravel, Chopin: Beatrice Rana (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 1.12.2019. (JB)
A rewarding Royal Festival Hall evening with a most gentle knight: Herreweghe and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Beethoven and Schubert: Thomas Zehetmair (Violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 21.11.2019. (CSa)
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic’s rich, brooding, and tempestuous Peter Grimes
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm / Håkon Matti Skrede (chorus master), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.11.2019. (JPr)
(c) Mark Allan/Southbank Centre
Brian Northcott retires with festive Shostakovich, serene Elgar, and demanding Bax
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Elgar, Bax: Kristiana Ignatjeva (cello), Exeter Symphony Orchestra / Brian Northcott (conductor). United Reformed Church, Southernhay, Exeter, Devon, 30.11.2019. (RBa)
Psappha’s fabulous Songs of the World concert at Manchester’s Hallé St. Peter’s
United Kingdom Songs of the World: Webern, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Athanasia Kontou, Alissa Firsova, Elisabeth Lutyens, Schoenberg: Daisy Brown (soprano), Psappha (Conrad Marshall [flute], Dov Goldberg [clarinet], Tim Williams [percussion], Benjamin Powell [piano/celeste], Benedict Holland, Sophia Rosa [violins], Vicci Wardman [viola], Jennifer Langridge [cello], James Manson [double bass]) / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Hallé St. Peter’s, Manchester, 28.11.2019. (CC)
