United Kingdom Beethoven, Barber, Britten: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 7.3.2017. (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Fine Music-Making from two thirds of the Gould Piano Trio
United Kingdom Field, Rachmaninov: Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 17.2.2017. (GPu)
Papdopoulos Substitutes for Gergiev Resulting in Performances Musical Yet Uneven
United Kingdom Rossini, Bruch, and Beethoven: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papdopoulos (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 6.3.2017. (CR)
The NHK Symphony Orchestra’s Highly Committed Mahler
United Kingdom Takemitsu, Mahler: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo / Paavo Järvi. Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.3.2017 (CC)
Idiosyncrasies and Ragged Edges from Sado and the Vienna Tonkünstler
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms: Emma Johnson (clarinet), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 5.3.2017. (SRT)
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Philharmonia in a Stupendous Performance of The Firebird
United Kingdom Ravel, Falla, Stravinsky: Javier Perianes (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.3.2017. (RB)
Relaxed Intensity in a Wide-Ranging Concert by the Carducci Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Shostakovich, Webern, Beethoven: Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming [violins], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 1.3.2017. (CS)
The Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra Offers a Rather Mixed Experience
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 28.2.2017. (CS)