United Kingdom Puccini, Il tabarro: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: William Cole), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman (conductor). LSO St Luke’s, London, 1.5.2016. (MB)
UK Concerts
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Kirill Karabits Towering Titan Ends Bournemouth SO Season in Triumph
United Kingdom Brahms, Mahler: Guy Braunstein (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Kirill Karabits (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole 4.5.2016. (IL)
I Musicanti Offer Playing of Great Dynamism, Coherence and Character – and an Enterprising Programme
United Kingdom Dvořák, Beethoven and Smirnov: I Musicanti [Martin Roscoe (piano), Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay & Fenella Humphreys (violins), Robert Smissen (viola), Richard Harwood (cello), Leon Bosch (bass)], Kings Place, London, 1.5.2016. (CS)
Enjoyable Evening in Italy with Welsh Sinfonia
United Kingdom Schubert, Giacotto, Martello, Barber, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn: Gillian Taylor (oboe), Robin Stowell (violin), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 30 April 2016 (PCG)
An Impressive Pianistic Potpourri from the Labèque Sisters
United Kingdom Diverse Composers: Katia and Marielle Labèque (piano), St John’s Smith Square, London, 28.4.2016. (GD)
Magnificent Liszt Playing from Dinara Klinton
Liszt: Dinara Klinton (piano), Royal Overseas League, London, 28.4.2016. (RB)
Søndergård Brings Glittering Sound to Stravinsky’s Neo-Classical Period
United Kingdom Schubert, Stravinsky: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 29.4.2016. (SRT)
Sir Mark Elder and the LSO Commemorate the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme
United Kingdom Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Ravel and Debussy: Louise Alder (soprano), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 28.4.2016 (AS)