United Kingdom Mozart, Berg, Beethoven: Alexander Janiczek (violin/director), Llŷr Williams (piano/director), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 12.1.2017. (SRT)
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Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto Enchants Bournemouth Audience
United Kingdom Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Alexei Volodin (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Feddeck (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 11.1.2017. (IL)
An Engrossing Concert by the Danish String Quartet
Haydn, Schnittke and Beethoven: Danish String Quartet (Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørenson [violins], Asbjørn Nørgaard [voila], and Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.1.2017 (CS) Haydn – String Quartet in D major Op.76 No.5 Schnittke – String Quartet No.3 Beethoven – String Quartet in E minor Op.59 No.2 ‘Razumovsky’ Alfred Schnittke’s Third String … Read more
Alfred Brendel Dispenses the Wisdom of a Lifetime’s Immersion in Schubert’s Music
United Kingdom Alfred Brendel Lecture – Schubert’s Last Sonatas: Wigmore Hall, London, 7.1.2017. (CC)
The National Youth Orchestra in Birmingham
United Kingdom Dean, Szymanowski, Rachmaninov: Tamara Stefanovich (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain / John Wilson (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 6.1.2017. (RD)
Tasmin Little: Exemplary in Szymanowski
United Kingdom Janáček, Smetana, Szymanowski and Eötvös: Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 7.1.2017. (AS)
Bournemouth’s Johann Strauss II Gala Rivals Vienna’s New Year Concert
United Kingdom J. Strauss II, E. Strauss, Waldteufel, Sullivan, Adam: Soraya Mafi (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Frank Zielhorst (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 1.1.2017. (IL)
The Sitkovetsky Trio: Technically Assured but Missing a Frisson of Communication
United Kingdom Turina, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Danjulo Ishizaka [cello], Wu Qian [piano]), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.12.2016 (CS)