United Kingdom Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.12.2018. (MB)
Mitsuko Uchida’s Rewardingly Thoughtful Approach to Schubert
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Much to Celebrate in the Pairing of Rafael Payare and the BBC Symphony
United Kingdom R. Strauss, Berg, Shostakovich: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Payare (conductor). Barbican Hall, 7.12.2018. (CC)
Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia Scale Strauss’s Alpine Peaks
United Kingdom R. Strauss: Sophie Bevan (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 6.12.2018. (AS)
Daniele Rustioni’s ‘Old Tricks’ Brings the SCO to Life
United Kingdom Rossini, Respighi, Mendelssohn: Maximiliano Martín & William Stafford (clarinets), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 6.12.2018. (SRT)
Jurowski and the LPO on Top Form in Bruckner
United Kingdom Weber, Tchaikovsky and Bruckner: Alena Baeva (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 5.12.2018. (AS)
Mitsuko Uchida’s Masterly Way with Schubert
United Kingdom Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.12.2018. (CC)
The Escher Quartet’s Intriguing Programme Mixes the ‘Classical’ and the ‘Popular’
United Kingdom Herrmann, Korngold, Gershwin, Ravel: Escher Quartet (Adam Barnett-Hart & Danbi Um [violins], Pierre Lapointe [viola], Brook Speltz [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 3.12.2018. (CS)
Julia Wolfe’s Powerful Reflection on Those Who Labored and Died in Coal Mines
United States Julia Wolfe, Anthracite Fields: Bang on a Can All-Stars, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street / Julian Wachner (conductor), Jeff Sugg (Scenography and Projection Design), Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, New York, 1.12.2018. (RP)
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