United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [3] – Gustav & Alma Mahler, Zemlinsky, Korngold: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Eugene Asti (piano), St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 20.10.2017. (CR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
A Greatly Satisfying Concert from Blomstedt and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom Beethoven and Bruckner: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 22.10.2017. (AS)
The Generosity of Gwyneth Jones: Her Masterclass at the Royal College of Music
The Gwyneth Jones Masterclass at the Royal College of Music
Anyone lucky enough to have heard Dame Gwyneth Jones will be familiar with her give-all approach to her work; generosity is the word, but it is a particular species of generosity, one which sounds unstoppable, forever reaching for greater heights, and above all, is informed by a formidable intellect, which has a command of German, Italian and English, not just as languages, but as musical nuances and worlds of expression which can continually surprise through the joys of exploration.
All these qualities were to the fore in Dame Gwyneth’s Masterclass in the packed Britten Theatre of the Royal College of Music on Wednesday 18th October 2017. The audience was predominantly students of singing and their teachers, with a few internal and external critics.
Further BBC National Orchestra of Wales 2017 Commemorations
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Liszt, Scriabin: Ashley Riches (bass), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Robert Spano (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 20.10.2017. (PCG)
A Memorable Evening of Palestrina and Poulenc with The Sixteen
United Kingdom The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage 2017 – Music by Palestrina and Poulenc: The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 21.7.2017. (SRT)
A Reminder of the Genius of Handel in Semele
United Kingdom Handel – Semele (concert performance): Soloists; Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.10.2017. (CC)
A Delightful Program of Bach, Schumann, Haydn with the Scottish CO
United Kingdom Bach, Schumann, Haydn: Javier Perianes (piano/director), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (leader/director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 19.10.2017. (SRT)
Andrew Benson-Wilson Sheds Light on 17th Century North German Organ Music
United Kingdom Jacob Praetorius II & Scheidemann: Andrew Benson-Wilson (organ). Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London, 17.10.2017. (CC)