UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Gripping Britten and Tippett performances inaugurate the CBSO’s new season

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Tippett. Talise Trevigne (soprano), Dame Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.9.2019. (JQ)

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducting the CBSO (c) Benjamin Ealovega

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A triumphant London debut for the Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov, Britten, Shostakovich: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Edward and Freddie Fox (narrators), Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 26.9.2019. (CC)

Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra at Cadogan Hall (c) Luke Toddfrey

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An evocation of the wonderfully bittersweet world of Weimar Berlin

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weimar Berlin: To the Cabaret!: Dagmar Manzel (singer), Simon McBurney (narrator), Loré Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano), Gerard McBurney (creative director), Amelia Kosminsky (projection director), Caroline Moores (production/stage manager), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 23.9.2019. (CC)

Philharmonia’s Weimar Berlin: To the Cabaret! (c) Belinda Lawley

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