United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2. 2. 2017. (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
The Royal Opera’s Il trovatore Rewards Listening to rather than Watching
United Kingdom Verdi, Il trovatore: Soloists, chorus and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Richard Farnes (conductor). Directed for the screen by Bridget Caldwell and broadcast from the Royal Opera House to Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden, London. 31.1.2017. (JPr)
New BBC Phil Principal Guest Conductor presides over British music concert
United Kingdom Foulds, Bridge, Walton, Arnold: Alexandra Wood (violin), BBC Philharmonic / Ben Gernon (conductor), MediaCityUK, Salford. 31.01.2017. (RB)
Treasurable Mozart and Schumann from Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Mozart and Schumann: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 31.1.2017. (MB)
The Brook Street Band Banish Dreary January with a Trip to Eighteenth-Century Italy
United Kingdom Rome, Venice and Naples – Handel’s Italian Legacy: The Brook Street Band (Nicki Kennedy [soprano], Rachel Harris & Farran Scott [baroque violin], Tatty Theo [baroque cello], Carolyn Gibley [harpsichord]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 29.1.2017. (CS)
Igor Levit’s Insightful Beethoven Cycle Continues to Stimulate and Enrich
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2017. (MB)
A Rewarding Weekend as the BBC Celebrates Philip Glass at Eighty
United Kingdom Total Immersion: Philip Glass at 80: Barbican, London, 28 & 29.1.2017. (CC)
Concert Confirms Greatness of Martha Argerich, Yuri Temirkanov and St Petersburg Philharmonic
United Kingdom Khachaturian, Prokofiev & Shostkovich: Martha Argerich (piano), St Petersburg Philharmonic / Yuri Temirkanov (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2017. (GD)