United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: John Lill (piano), St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Dmitriev (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.10.2017. (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Strauss on the Silver Screen: OAE Accompany Wiene’s Cinematic Adaptation of Der Rosenkavalier
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [2] – Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (silent film): Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Thomas Kemp (conductor), Town Hall, Oxford 15.10.2017. (CR)
Twelve Years of Celebrating Malcolm Arnold in Northampton
The 12th Malcolm Arnold Festival. Royal and Derngate and St Matthew’s Church, Northampton, 14-15.10.2017 (RBa)
Russian Music-Making Writ Large from Dmitriev and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Peter Donohoe (piano); St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Dmitriev. Cadogan Hall, London, 16.10.2017. (Y-JH)
A Suitably Unnerving and Mysterious Pierrot Lunaire from Privett and Shadwell Opera
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival [1] – Schoenberg: Alice Privett (soprano), Musicians of Shadwell Opera / Finnegan Downie Dear (conductor), New College Chapel, Oxford, 14.10.2017. (CR)
Huw Morgan’s Programme Disappoints, but Not his Musicianship
United Kingdom Ravel, Enescu, Williams, Arban: Huw Morgan (trumpet), Christopher Williams (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 13.10.2017. (GPu)
Gergiev Crosses National Boundaries with the Oxford Philharmonic
United Kingdom Rossini, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn: Roman Simovic (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Town Hall, Oxford, 13.10.2017. (CR)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Launches Russian Revolutionary Season
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Beethoven, Mosolov: Igor Levit (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 12.10.2017. (PCG)