UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

WNO petitions to stop the cuts in A Christmas Chorus with RWCMD students

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)

Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).

WNO Chorus and Singers from the RWCMD conducted by Tim Rhys-Evans

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Sir Bryn Terfel was commanding in a vivid interpretation of Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Oxford Philharmonic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Belinda Gifford-Guy (treble), Trystan Llŷr-Griffiths (tenor), Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / John Lubbock (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 1.12.2024. (CR)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s Elijah at the Sheldonian Theatre

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Disjointed Barbican Hall programme showcases the versatility of the BBC SO and Lintu’s interpretative skills

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Moussa, R. Strauss: Nardus Williams (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Derek Welton (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.11.2024. (KMcD)

Hannu Lintu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © Mark Allan

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Podger, Świątkiewicz, and Kenny took us to Biber’s Baroque world: ‘a completely different planet’

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Biber, Froberger, Kapsberger: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque (Elizabeth Kenny [theorbo] and Marcin Świątkiewicz [harpsichord]). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 1.12.2024. (LJ)

Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord) and Rachel Podger (violin) at the RWCMD

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Light on A Dark Century from Andrey Boreyko and the LPO

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Weinberg, Shostakovich: Gidon Kremer (violin), Alexander Roslavets (narrator/bass), London Philharmonic Choir (artistic director: Neville Creed), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.11.2024. (CK)

Andrey Boreyko conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a rehearsal for A Dark Century © LPO

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