United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – The Schumann Project: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2016. (CR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
York Bowen’s Second Viola Sonata Crowns Power and Crawford-Phillips’ Recital
United Kingdom Bach, Turnage, Bowen: Lawrence Power (viola), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 14.10.2016. (GPu)
Brilliant Period Performances in Rural Ohio
United States A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse: Olivier Brault and Julie Andrijeski (violins), Francis Colpron and Kathie Stewart (recorders and flute), Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord), Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Peter’s Church, Mansfield, Ohio. 15.10.2016. (MSJ)
Sublime Artistry from Magdalena Kožená and Malcolm Martineau
United States Dvořák, Wolf, Strauss, Fauré, Schoenberg: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.10.016. (BJ)
Jurowski and the LPO Stunning in Henze’s Seventh Symphony
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Henze: Thomas Zehetmair (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.10.2016. (CC)
An Uneven Concert of Schubert and Mahler
United Kingdom Schubert and Mahler: Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.10.2016. (MB)
The London Sinfonietta Continues to Champion Contemporary Music
United Kingdom Sciarrino, Berio, Terranova, Filidei: Anna Radziejewska (mezzo-soprano); London Sinfonietta / Marco Angius (conductor), St John’s, Smith Square, London, 13.10.2016. (CC)
Despite the LPO’s Fine Form Jurowski’s Conducting Disappoints
United Kingdom Haydn, Mozart and Mahler: Lucas Debargue (piano), Sofia Fomina (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.10.2016. (MB)