United Kingdom Bach, Handel, Mahler: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director/conductor), Katy Bircher (flute), Rachel Podger (violin), Bojan Čičić (violin), Jane Rogers (viola), Jonathan Manson (cello), Peter McCarthy (violone), Lauryna Bendžiūnaite (soprano), Royal Academy of Music Alumni Ensemble. Wigmore Hall, 16.12.2016. (CC)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Another all-English John Wilson concert at Salford Quays
United Kingdom Bax, Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 22.12.2016 (RB)
The Sixteen Explore the Journey of the Magi Through Timeless Music
United Kingdom The Three Kings: The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Cadogan Hall London, 20.12.2016. (CS)
Mahan Esfahani’s searching exploration of the Goldberg Variations
United Kingdom Bach: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.12.2016. (MB)
Miklós Perényi’s Wigmore Hall Recital: Music Making of the Highest Order
United Kingdom Bach, Kodály: Miklós Perényi (cello) Wigmore Hall, London. 19.12.2016. (LB)
A Strauss Extravaganza in Preston hosted by John Suchet
United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss & Josef Strauss: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / James Clarke (director, violin), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 19.12.2016 (MC)
A New, In-House Chorus Tackles the Profane—and the Sacred
United States Beethoven, Orff: Olga Pudova (soprano), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone), Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, music director), Philadelphia Orchestra / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.12.2016. (BJ)
10 December
Beethoven – Symphony No.2 in D major, Op. 36
Orff – Carmina Burana
United States Handel, Messiah: Ying Fang (soprano), Angela Brower (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor), Stephen Powell (baritone), Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Peter Conte (organ), Davyd Booth (harpsichord), Priscilla Lee (cello),, Harold Robinson (double bass), Mark Gigliotti (bassoon), Philadelphia Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 18.12.2016. (BJ)
18 December
Handel – The Messiah
Nikolaj Znaider and the LSO Pair Mozart and Tchaikovsky to Good Effect
United Kingdom Mozart and Tchaikovsky: Nikolaj Znaider (violin/conductor), London Symphony Orchestra. Barbican Hall, London, 18.12.2016. (MB)