United Kingdom Haydn, Britten and Brahms: Elias Quartet (Sara Bitlloch & Donald Grant [violins], Martin Saving [viola], Marie Bitlloch [cello]), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16. 4.2016. (CS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
An Impressive Pairing of Messiaen and Bruckner from Rattle and the LSO
United Kingdom Messiaen, Bruckner: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 14.4.2016. (RB)
Sir Neville Marriner: Ninety-Two Years Young
United Kingdom Mozart, Bizet: Till Fellner (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields,/Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 15.4.2016. (AS)
Americans in Cardiff: BBC NOW Performs Familiar and Unfamiliar Works
United Kingdom Roy Harris, John Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein: Chloë Hanslip (electric violin), William Wolfram (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eric Stern (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 15.4.2016. (PCG)
Delightful Mozart and Haydn, Courtesy of Hilary Davan Wetton
United Kingdom Mozart and Haydn: Leon McCawley (piano), Grace Davidson (soprano), Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 12.4.2016. (MB)
Period Instruments Provide a Revelatory Experience in Mahler
United Kingdom Mahler: Adriana Kučerová (soprano); Sarah Connolly (mezzo); Philharmonia Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Vladimir Jurowski. Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.4.2016. (CC)
Imperial Beethoven and Darkest Shostakovich at Bournemouth
United Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Litton (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 13.4.2016. (IL)
Dante Heroine Comes Alive in English Touring Opera’s Pia de’ Tolomei
United Kingdom Donizetti, Pia de’ Tolomei (1837): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / John Andrews (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. 12.4.2016. (RJ)
