United Kingdom Haydn, Shostakovich, Ravel: Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra & Sigurbjörn Bernhardsson [violins], Masumi Per Rostad [viola], Brandon Vamos [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 10.3.2017. (CS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Benedetti’s Bruch Concerto has Blissful Serenity and Great Peace
United Kingdom Debussy, Bruch, Beethoven: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.3.2017. (SRT)
From 3 to 5 to 6: Outstanding Chamber Music from the Gould Piano Trio and Friends
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Gould Piano trio (Lucy Gould, violin; Benjamin Frith, piano; Alice Neary, cello), David Adams (viola), Rosie Biss (cello), Cerys Jones (violin), Rebecca Jones (viola). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 18.2.2017. (GPu)
The First Concert of the Hallé Elgar Festival is a Real Delight
United Kingdom Elgar: Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), Hallé / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.3.2017. (MC)
When in Rome – a Long-Delayed UK Premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s Violin Concerto
Wagner, Wolf-Ferrari, Respighi, Mendelssohn: Francesca Dego (violin),, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 8.3.2017. (RBa)
A Thoroughly Enjoyable Concert by the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Haydn, Bruch, Popper, Gulda, Piazzolla: Alexandra Stychkina (piano), Danielle Akta (cello), Denis Shulgin (violin), Lev Lomdin (violin), Georgy Tsay (violin), Evgeny Stambolsky (violin), Nikita Vlasov (accordion), Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra / Vladimir Spivakov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2017. (RB)
Parisian Élan in Baroque and Classical Guises from the SCO
United Kingdom ‘The Paris Concert’: Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Laurence Cummings (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9.3.2017. (SRT)
A Lacklustre Philharmonia Concert Despite Rafael Payare’s Best Efforts
United Kingdom Prokofiev and Rachmaninov: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Payare (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 9.3.2017. (AS)