United Kingdom Franck and Ravel: Nancy Cole (alto), Angela Moore (harp), Deborah Chandler (cello), Nicola Davenport (double bass), Richard Pearce (organ/piano), BBC Singers / Sofi Jeannin (conductor), St Giles’ Cripplegate, London, 27.10.2017. (AS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Elevated Standard of Excellence from Kraggerud’s Violin, Conductor Jacek Kaspszyk and Liverpool Philharmonic
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Sibelius & Brahms: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire 25.10.2017. (MC)
A Fine Programme of Brahms and Schumann from SCO and Chorus
United Kingdom Brahms, Schumann: Rowan Pierce (soprano), Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), SCO Chorus/Greggory Batsleer, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Egarr (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 26.10.2017. (SRT)
An Impressive Verdi Requiem in Birmingham
United Kingdom Verdi: Latonia Moore (soprano); Karen Cargill (mezzo Soprano); Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor); Christophoros Stamboglis (bass); CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 25.10.2017. (JQ)
A Most Stimulating Concert from Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the LPO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Vasks, Gregorian Chant, Rachmaninov: István Várdai (cello); The Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra / Andrés Orozco-Estrada (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.10.2017. (CC)
Bournemouth SO’s Debussy Shimmers and Sparkles
United Kingdom Debussy, Chopin, D’Indy: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 25.10.2017 (IL)
Wagner Stars of the Future Shine in Rehearsal Orchestra’s Götterdämmerung Act III
United Kingdom Wagner, Götterdämmerung Act III: The Mastersingers Chorale, Rehearsal Orchestra / Tony Legge (conductor), Henry Wood Hall, London, 23.10.2017. (JPr)
Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin at Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [4] – Schubert: Roderick Williams (baritone), Roderick Williams (piano), St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 23.10.2017. (CR)