United Kingdom Mozart Beethoven Dvořák: Angela Hewitt (piano), Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra / Yutaka Sado (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (GD)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Igor Levit’s Exceptional Beethoven Series Continues
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (MB)
Big-Boned Russian Beasts in Riveting Performances from the BBC SSO
United Kingdom Finnis, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov: Vadym Kholodenko (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.2.2017. (SRT)
The Met’s Compelling Rusalka Makes an Impact in the Cinema
United States Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Metropolitan Opera / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), broadcast to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 25.2.2017. (JPr)
More Remarkable Xenakis Performances from the JACK Quartet
United Kingdom Xenakis Day II: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Willman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello) with Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.2.2017. (CC)
The JACK Quartet Launch the Wigmore Hall’s Xenakis Day
United Kingdom Xenakis Day I: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Willman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.2.2017. (CC)
Innovation and Reinvention Take the Stage
United Kingdom Miranda, Baltas, Bonet, Butterscotch: Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta and Singers, Butterscotch (beatbox vocalist), Simon Ible (conductor). The House, Plymouth University. 25.2.2017. (PRB)
Intensity and sensitivity from Trio Isimsiz in works by Schubert and Dvořák
United Kingdom Schubert, Dvořák: Trio Isimsiz (Pablo Hernán Benedí,violin; Erdem Misirlioglu, piano; Michael Petreov, cello). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 10.2.2017. (GPu)