United Kingdom Brahms and Mats Lidström: Mats Lidström (cello), Oxford Philharmonic / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 7.12.2016. (CR)
UK Concerts
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Listening to the Birds: Reflections on Cardiff’s Three-Day Celebration of Messiaen – Part Two
United Kingdom Messiaen: Concert 3 – Peter Hill (piano), Concert 4 – Cordelia Williams (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 17.11.2016. (GPu)
Two Modern Triumphs in Edinburgh but Fortepiano Fails to Convince
United Kingdom Adès, Grime, Mozart: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano & director in Mozart), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Duncan Ward (conductor for Adès and Grime), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 8.12.2016. (SRT)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Armenian Fireworks
United Kingdom Karayev, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky: Nemanja Radulović (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 7.12.2016. (IL)
Listening to the Birds: Reflections on Cardiff’s three-day celebration of Messiaen – Part One
United Kingdom Messiaen, Stravinsky, Boden: Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds, Catherine Milledge (piano), Mei Yi Foo (piano), Pascal Gallois (conductor); The Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello), Robert Plane (clarinet), Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 16.11.2016. (GPu)
A Surprisingly Low-Key Recital from Anne Schwanewilms
United Kingdom R. Strauss and Wolf: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 5.12.2016. (JPr)
Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Stimulating in Mozart and Bartók
United Kingdom Mozart and Bartók: Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.11.2016. (MB)
An Eclectic But Appealing Programme from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Hummel, Shostakovich: Alison Balsom (trumpet), Gabriela Montero (piano), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Willi Zimmermann (concertmaster), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.12.2016 (SRT)