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UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

With the BRSO Jansons Shows Why he is Still at the Top of his Profession

02/12/201726/11/2017 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven and Prokofiev: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.11.2017. (AS)

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons perform Prokofiev's 5th Symphony in the Barbican Hall on Friday, 24 Nov. 2017. Photo by Mark Allan
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons (c) Mark Allan/Barbican

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The Hagen String Quartet are Full of Excellence at the Wigmore Hall

02/12/201724/11/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Webern, Schumann: Hagen String Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, violins; Veronika Hagen, viola; Clemens Hagen, cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.11.2017. (CC)

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Welsh National Opera Concert Complements Their Russian Season

02/12/201724/11/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich and Mahler: Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Tomáš Hanus (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.11.2017. (PCG)

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Scottish CO Entertain with a Programme of Beethoven, MacMillan and Harrold

02/12/201724/11/2017 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Harrold, MacMillan, Beethoven: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Joseph Swensen (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.11.2017. (SRT)

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Everything Seemed Just Right on this Particular Night for Michail Jurowski and the LPO

28/11/201723/11/2017 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bridge, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky: Beatrice Rana (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Michail Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.11.2017. (AS)

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Witchery, Spirituality and Mediterranean Travelogues from the BBC Philharmonic

28/11/201723/11/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lyadov, Gubaidulina, Ravel, Ibert: Lawrence Power (viola) / Ludovic Morlot (conductor), BBC Philharmonic. BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays. 22.11.2017. (RBa)

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High Order Contemporary Jazz from Hekselman and his Quartet

28/11/201723/11/2017 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilad Hekselman Quartet: Gilad Hekselman (guitar), Mark Turner (tenor sax), Rick Rosato (double-bass), Jonathan Pinson (drums); Richard Burton Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 17.11.2017. (GPu)

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Gilad Hekselman (guitar)

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Clare Teal and her Mini Big Band Demonstrate the Pleasures of Live Performance

28/11/201722/11/2017 by Thomas Pierce

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Clare Teal with her Mini Big Band: St. John’s Smith Square, London, 19.11.2017. (TStJP)

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Clare Teal and musicians

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