United Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: Denis Kozhukin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.5.2016. (SRT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Accordion Music and Two New String Quartets in an Art Gallery
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Festival 3 – Sørensen, Boden, Lindberg, Hudry: Andreas Borregard (accordion), Tana Quartet, Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff, 13.5.2016. (PCG)
Good Reception for Three Premieres of Distinction from BBC NOW
United Kingdom Vale of Glamorgan Music Festival 2 – Boden, Puw, Vasks: Madeleine Mitchell (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales cond. Edwin Outwater, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 12.5.2016. (PCG)
Latvian Choir Draws in the Crowds to Glamorgan Musicfest
United Kingdom 2016 Vale of Glamorgan Music Festival I – Vasks, Esenvalds, Hillborg, Pärt: Latvian Radio Choir / Sigvards Klava (conductor), St Augustine’s Church, Penarth, 10.5.2016. (PCG)
Exquisite Singing by Vox Luminis Lightens the Darkness
United Kingdom Tallis, White, Sheppard, Byrd, Tomkins, Weelkes, Morley: Vox Luminis / Lionel Meunier (artistic director), Chipping Campden International Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 14.5.2016. (RJ)
A Dramatic and Penetrating Recital by Mark Padmore and Ryan Wigglesworth
United Kingdom Schumann, Ryan Wigglesworth, Janáček: Mark Padmore (tenor); Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano); Ryan Wigglesworth (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.5.2016. (RB)
Hans Zender’s Remarkable Response to Schubert’s Winterreise Vividly Personified by Ian Bostridge
United Kingdom The Dark Mirror: Zender’s Winterreise: Ian Bostridge (tenor); Britten Sinfonia/Baldur Brönnimann. Barbican Theatre, 12.5.2016. (CC)
Krivine Pays Sincere Tribute to SCO’s Outgoing Chief Executive
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Sibelius, Beethoven: Tedi Papavrami (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 12.5.2016. (SRT)