United Kingdom TALES OF TRAVEL – 1: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jun Märkl (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 7.4.2017. (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Astonishing Virtuosity from Tamara Stefanovich in a recital notable for its Musical Discrimination
United Kingdom J.S.Bach/Busoni, Kurtág, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Ligeti: Tamara Stefanovich (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 5.3.2017. (GPu)
Murray Perahia’s Magnificent Account of the ‘Emperor’
United Kingdom Beethoven: Murray Perahia (piano & conductor),Tomo Keller (violin & conductor), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Barbican Hall, London 7.4.2017. (MMB)
An Excellent Pairing of Berg and Mahler by Noseda and the LSO
United Kingdom Berg and Mahler: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London. 6.4.2017. (JPr)
An Excellent CBSO Concert Despite a Late Change of Conductor
United Kingdom R Strauss, Copland, Rachmaninov: Oliver Janes (clarinet); City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.4.2017. (JQ)
Rewarding Beethoven from Saleem Ashkar
Germany Beethoven: Saleem Ashkar (piano). Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 5.4.2017. (MB)
Karabits’s Mendelssohn ‘Reformation’ Symphony – a Revelation
United Kingdom Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Johannes Moser (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 5.4.2017. (IL)
Alexander Melnikov’s Thought-Provoking Approach to Debussy
United Kingdom Debussy: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 5.4.2017. (AS)