UK Concerts – Page 4 – Seen and Heard International

Pichon and Pygmalion’s theatrical, yet deeply spiritual approach to Mozart’s Requiem

09/09/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Prom 69 – Mozart/Süssmayr, Requiem: Malakai Bayoh (treble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Pygmalion / Raphaël Pichon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.9.2023. (CC)

Mozart’s Requiem at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Andy Paradise

Two reviews from the Cumbria Opera Festival 2023, truly a hidden gem

08/09/2023 by AUTHOR

United Kingdom Poulenc, La voix humaine and R. Schumann, Frauenliebe und -leben: Sofia Kirwan-Baez (soprano) and Alex Norton (pianist). Penrith Playhouse, Cumbria, 26.8.2023.

Soprano Sofia Kirwan-Baez sings Elle in Poulenc’s La voix humaine © Joe Davies

Wondrous performances of re-compositions by the Britten Sinfonia at the Proms

07/09/202307/09/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Prom 68 – Auerbach, Corelli, Tippett, Richter/Vivaldi: Britten Sinfonia / Thomas Gould (violin/director). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.9.2023. (JR)

Violinists Thomas Gould (left) and Miranda Dale (right) © BBC/Mark Allan

Berlioz’s epic The Trojans triumphs at the BBC Proms

06/09/2023 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Prom 64 – Berlioz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.9.2023. (CK)

Berlioz’s *The Trojans* at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

Masterly Bruckner’s Eighth from Bychkov and the BBC SO at the Proms

05/09/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Prom 65 – Bruckner: BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2023. (JR)

Semyon Bychkov © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

The Rite by Heart: the Aurora Orchestra at the Proms

04/09/202303/09/2023 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Prom 62 – Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Charlotte Ritchie (actor), Karl Queensborough (actor), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2023. (CS)

The Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon © Andy Paradise

Vladimir Jurowski returns to London with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra for their Proms debut

02/09/2023 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Prom 60 – Weill, Adès, Rachmaninoff: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2023. (MBr)

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin © BBC/Andy Paradise

Wonderfully elegant Tchaikovsky from Augustin Hadelich at the Proms

01/09/202301/09/2023 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Prom 59 – Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2023. (CS)

Augustin Hadelich with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich conducted by Paavo Järvi © BBC/Andy Paradise

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