United Kingdom Prom 7 – Fauré, Stravinsky and Poulenc: Julie Fuchs (soprano), Julien Behr (tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Marc Minkowski (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 20.7.2016. (AS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Gianandrea Noseda’s performance of Missa solemnis fails to be fully involving
United Kingdom Prom 5, Beethoven: Camilla Nylund (soprano); Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano); Stuart Skelton (tenor); Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone); Manchester Chamber Choir; Hallé Choir; Gordan Trajkovic (violin); BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2016 (CC)
Stunning Rachmaninov from Behzod Abduraimov
United Kingdom Prom 4 – Ravel, Rachmaninov, Ustvolskaya, Strauss: Behzod Abduraimov (piano) Alexei Petrenko (reciter), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London. 18.7.2016. (LB)
Mahan Esfahani’s Venturing Spirit Produces a Stimulating Recital
United Kingdom Bull, Kalabis, D’Anglebert, Borup-Jǿrgensen, Saariaho, Kidane, and Scarlatti: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, London, 19.7.2016. (MB)
Paul Lewis and the Vertavo Quartet Get the Proms Chamber Concerts off to a Stylish Start
United Kingdom BBC Proms Chamber Music 1: Debussy, Dutilleux, Mozart. Vertavo Quartet [Øyver Volle (violin), Annabelle Meare (violin), Berit Cardas (viola), Bjørg Lewis (cello)], Paul Lewis (piano) – Cadogan Hall, London. 18.7.2016. (LB)
Fervour and Virtuosity from Kniazev and Lugansky
United Kingdom Brahms, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov: Alexander Kniazev (cello), Nicolai Lugansky (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 16.7.2016. (GD)
Rare Performance of Berkeley’s Stabat Mater Combines Austerity with Profundity
United Kingdom Ravel, Michael Berkeley, Colin Matthews, Poulenc,Lennox Berkeley: The Berkeley Ensemble, The Marian Consort / David Wordsworth (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 17.7.2016. (RJ)
The Berkeley Ensemble [Luke Russell (flute), Emily Cockbill (oboe), John Slack (clarinet, bass clarinet), Andrew Watson (bassoon), Paul Cott (horn), Fontane Liang (harp), Jolwey Cragg (percussion), Sophie Mather (violin), Francesca Barritt (violin), Matthew Kettle (viola), Gemma Wareham (cello), Lachland Radford (double bass)]
The Marian Consort [Emma Walshe (soprano), Gwendolen Martin (soprano), Rory McCleery (countertenor and director), Benedict Hymas (tenor), Joh Stainsby (baritone), Nick Ashby (bass)]
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge on Fine Form at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 3. Mozart, Haydn and Fauré: Thomas Hopkins (treble), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Paula Murphy (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.7.16 (AS)