United Kingdom Poulenc, Prokofiev, Wagner, Elgar: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Kasparas Uinskas (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 4.6.2016. (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Lars Vogt Below Par in the Goldberg Variations
United Kingdom Bach: Lars Vogt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.6.2016 (CC)
Daniel Harding’s Vivid Mahler with the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 5.6.2016. (JPr)
Small-Scale Wagner Makes A Productively Different Evening
United Kingdom Wagner: Arensky Chamber Orchestra/William Kunhardt (conductor). Oak Room, The Hospital Club, London, 2.6.2016 (MB)
Ping-Pong and Other Jazz Games with Jean Toussaint
United Kingdom Jean Toussaint’s Roots and Herbs – ‘The Art Blakey Project’: Jean Toussaint (tenor saxophone), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Dennis Rollins (trombone), Jason Rebello (piano), Daniel Casimir (bass), Shane Forbes (drums), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 4.6.2016. (LJ)
‘Ancient’ and Modern from the JACK Quartet
United Kingdom Machaut, Zorn, Gesualdo, Shaw, Rodericus, Lachenmann: JACK Quartet [Christopher Otto. & Ari Streisfeld (violins); John Pickford Richards (viola); Kevin McFarland (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 2.6.2016. (CC)
Salonen Turns Late Stravinsky Pieces into Vehicles of Fervent and Expressive Beauty
United Kingdom Stravinsky: Allan Clayton (tenor), Hélène Hébrard (mezzo-soprano), David Soar (bass), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra,/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 2.6.2016. (AS)
Steven Osborne’s Remarkable Presentation of The Music of Silence
United Kingdom Feldman, Crumb: Steven Osborne (piano). Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London, 31.5.2016. (CC)