United Kingdom Zalba, Hernandez, Lecduona, Fernandez, Maztamoros: Tradicional Cubano [Jose Zalba-Smith (flutes, piano), Rubert Orue (tres), Peter Komor (double bass), Zands Duggan (percussion)] with guest Javier Zalba (flute, alto saxophone), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 23.9.2016. (GPu)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra Start their London Prokofiev Cycle in Style
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Kristóf Baráti (violin), Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 26.9.2016. (AS)
Mark Elder and Hallé Start New Season in Fine Form
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Beethoven: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 25.9.2016. (MC)
Nikolaj Znaider Combines with the LSO for Superb Sibelius
United Kingdom Jack Sheen, Sibelius, Mahler: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Christiane Karg (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 25.9.2016. (JPr)
Salonen’s Objective and Insightful Way with Stravinsky
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Andrew Staples (tenor), Pauline Cheviller (narrator), Philharmonia Voices, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 25.9.2016 (AS)
(c) Camilla Greenwell
St Blane Commemorated in New Work By Suzanne Parry
United Kingdom Dunblane Cathedral Arts Guild: 40th Anniversary Concert – Lutoslawski, Duncan, Gabrieli, Parry, MacMillan, Purcell, Maxwell Davies: Scottish Brass, Kevin Duggan (organ), Dunblane Cathedral Choir, Michael Bawtree (director), Dunblane Cathedral, 24.9.2016. (SRT)
Dausgaard Begins His Tenure at BBC Scottish SO with Reconstructed Bruckner
United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Imogen Cooper (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.9.2016 (SRT)
Excellent Performance of Alwyn’s Neglected Lyra Angelica
United Kingdom Purcell, Alwyn, Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky: Louise Thomson (harp), Amaretti Chamber OrchestAlex Robinson (conductor),St. Andrew’s Church, Cheadle Hulme, 24.9.2016. (RB)