United Kingdom Prom 69 – Mozart, Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2016. (CC)
Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin: Delectable Mozart and Magisterial Bruckner
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
The Proms Pays a Moving and Necessary Tribute to Pierre Boulez
United Kingdom Prom 65 – Bartók, Boulez, and Carter: Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violin), Andrew Gerzso (IRCAM computer music design), Carlo Laurenzi (IRCAM computer music production), Jérémie Henrot (IRCAM sound engineer), BBC Singers, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2016. (MB)
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle Triumph at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 64 – Boulez, Mahler: Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle. Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.9.2016. (CC)
The Albert Hall Acoustic Presents Challenges in an Insightful Performance of the B Minor Mass
United Kingdom Prom 63 – Bach, Mass in B minor: Katherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 1.9.2016. (RB)
A Musical Beethoven Seventh from Blomstedt and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
United Kingdom Prom 59 – Beethoven: Andras Schiff (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2016. (GD)
A Top-Class Mozart Prom from the Budapest Festival Orchestra
United Kingdom Prom 54: Mozart. Ákos Ács (basset clarinet); Zsolt Fejérvári (double bass); Lucy Crowe (soprano); Barbara Kozelj (mezzo-soprano); Jeremy Oven (tenor); Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass); Collegium Vocale Gent; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London. 26.8.2016. (LB)
The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester’s Prom Fails to Hit the Mark
United Kingdom Prom 60 – Bach, Bruckner: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Bernard Heinrichs (oboe), Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Philippe Jordan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 30.8.2016. (JPr)
BBC New Generation Artists Past and Present Shine at the Proms
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 7 – Schubert, Beamish, Mozart: Lise Berthaud (viola), David Saudubray (piano), Armida Quartet (Martin Funda & Johanna Staemmler [violins], Teresa Schwamm [viola], Peter-Philipp Staemmler [cello], Cadogan Hall, London, 29.8.2016. (CS)