United Kingdom Dvořák, Schumann, Kurtág, Mendelssohn: Steven Isserlis (cello), Jane Atkins (viola), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 26.11.2015 (SRT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Elisabeth Leonskaja Celebrates 70th Birthday with Friends at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms. Jörg Widmann, Mendelssohn, Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) and other musicians – 70th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (RB)
Confidence, Animation and Unity from the Jerusalem Quartet at St. John’s Smith Square
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók and Dvořák: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky & Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), St. John’s Smith Square, London, 22.11.2015. (CS)
An Unbeatable Wigmore Sunday Morning Coffee Concert with Nicolas Altstaedt
United Kingdom Bach, Dutilleux, Britten: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (LJ)
Haydn and Nielsen are Good Companions in Järvi’s Philharmonia Concert
United Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen: Samuel Coles (flute), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.11.2015. (GD)
Fine Mozart Performances from St George’s Singers. Soloists and Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart: Alison Rose, (soprano), Kitty Whately, (mezzo/alto), Alex Banfield, (tenor), Terence Ayebare, (baritone), St George’s Singers / Neil Tailor (conductor), Chetham’s Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Threlfall (conductor), Concert Hall. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 21.11. 2015. (RJF)
Marković Takes Over to Achieve a Brilliant and Spontaneous Performance from RLPO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Julian Rachlin (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Aleksandar Marković (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 20.11.2015. (MC)
Housman – A Life and Landscape in Words and Music
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Various Composers, A Shropshire Lad: Simon Callow (narrator), Robert Murray (tenor), Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano), Jonathan Stone (violin): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2015. (MH)