United Kingdom Chopin: Yundi (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.4.2016. (CC)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Gergiev Brings Prokofiev’s Great Ballet Score Vividly to Life
United Kingdom Prokofiev: Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 18.4.2016. (AS)
A Stimulating Schubert Recital by Julian Prégardien and James Baillieu
United Kingdom Schubert: Julian Prégardien (tenor); James Baillieu (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 17.4.2016. (CC)
The Hagen Quartet in Schubert: Perfect Lunchtime Fare
United Kingdom Schubert: Hagen String Quartet [Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt (violins); Iris Hagen-Juda (viola); Clemens Hagen (cello)] Wigmore Hall, London, 18.4.2016. (CC)
Rattle’s Championing of Haydn in Evidence Again
United Kingdom Haydn: Monika Eder (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), London Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 17.4.2016. (MB)
Authoritative and Uplifting Playing from the Fairey Band
United Kingdom Various Composers, At the Movies!: Fairey Band / Tom Davoren (conductor), Methodist Church, Lytham, Lancashire, 16.4.2016. (MC)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Unforgettable Account of Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
United Kingdom Messiaen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London 16.4.2016. (CC)
Alexander Gavrylyuk Excels in Prokofiev Sonatas
United Kingdom Schubert, Chopin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 15. 4.2016. (RB)