UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

A Persuasive Weinberg Symphony from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 46 – Dorothy Howell, Elgar, Knussen, Weinberg: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2019. (CS)

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the CBSO (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Read more

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Manon Lescaut Was Pretty Darn Good in Edinburgh

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [13] – Puccini, Manon Lescaut (in concert): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.8.2019. (SRT)

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s Manon Lescaut at the 2019 EIF
(c) Ryan Buchanan

Read more

Belshazzar’s Feast Crowns Simon Rattle’s Splendidly Innovative Prom Programme

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 44 – Koechlin, Varèse and Walton: Gerald Finley (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, Orfeó Català, Orfeó Català Youth Choir, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.8.2019. (AS)

Gerald Finley (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

Read more

Martyn Brabbins Authoritatively Conducts the Hallé in Elgar’s The Kingdom

by

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival [9] – Elgar: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (director: Aidan Oliver), Hallé / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2019. (SRT)

Read more