United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director); London Symphony Orchestra/Claus Peter Flor (conductor – Bruckner). Barbican Hall, London, 6.5.2016 (CC)
UK Concerts
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Lucy Parham Brings the Chopin-Sand Relationship to Life
United Kingdom Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin: Lucy Parham (piano) with Dame Harriet Walter and Alex Jennings, Chipping Campden Music Festival, St James’s Church, Chipping Campden, 8.5.2016. (RJ)
Youthful Kit Armstrong Brings Mature Approach to Mozart
United Kingdom Kraus, Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven: Kit Armstrong (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Clemens Schuldt (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. 7.5.2016 (SRT)
Student and Professional Players Combine in an Impressive and Moving Elgar Performance
United Kingdom Elgar: Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra with members of Welsh National Opera Orchestra/George Jackson (conductor). Great Hall, Blackheath Halls, London, 6.5.2016. (MB)
Thrilling Climax to RSNO’s Stravinsky Project
United Kingdom Bartók, Stravinsky: Leticia Moreno (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.5.2016. (SRT)
St. Matthew Passion at the International Bach Festival in Schaffhausen
Switzerland Bach: Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh (conductor), Chorus I: Mhairi Lawson, Anna Stéphany, Nicholas Mulroy, Benjamin Appl. Chorus II: Sophie Junker, Helen Charlston, Thomas Walker, Stephan Loges. Kirche St. Johann, Schaffhausen 5.5.2016. (JR)
A Strong Sense of Form and Far More than Four Mallets from 4-Mality
United Kingdom Rafnsson, Du Plessis, Bradley, Norman, Marino, Hastings: 4-Mality (Jan Bradley, Sophie Hastings, Mark Norman, Sam Wilson). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29.4.2016. (GP)
Buniatishvili Displays Pianistic Originality in Schumann
United Kingdom Sibelius, Schumann, Tchaikovsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard (conductor, Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.5.2016. (GD)