United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Pärt, El-Khoury, From Bach to El-Khoury: L’arte del mondo, Daniel Hope (violin/director) Birmingham Town Hall, 18.5.16 (GR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Runnicles Bids Farewell to BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Brahms, Mahler: Denis Kozhukin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), City Halls, Glasgow, 19.05.2016 (SRT)
Danish Ensemble Celebrates 70th Birthdays of Metcalf and Vasks
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 4 – Metcalf, Penderecki, Vasks: Ensemble MidtVest, All Saints Church, Penarth, 18.5.2016. (PCG)
Nash Ensemble Present Unusual Programme with a Gallic Twist
United Kingdom Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Poulenc: Nash Ensemble [Philippa Davies (flute), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Michael Wright (clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Richard Watkins (horn), Ian Brown (piano)], Chipping Campden International Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 18.5.2016. (RJ)
Moscow State Symphony Offers Feast of Superb Performances
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra / Pavel Kogan (conductor), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 17.5.2016. (PCG)
A Terrific Opener to the Philharmonia’s Stravinsky Series
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Myths & Rituals: Armitage Gonel Dance (Karole Armitage, choreographer); Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen. Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.5.2016 (CC)
The Jerusalem Quartet’s Distinguished Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
United Kingdom Beethoven and Bartók: Jerusalem Quartet [Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler (violins), Ori Kam (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 16.5.2016. (MB)
A Welcome Chance to Hear Schumann’s String Quartets
United Kingdom Schumann: Modigliani Quartet [Amoury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio (violins); Laurent Marfaing (viola); François Kieffer (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 15.5.2016 (CC)