United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Brahms, Fauré: Robert Holl (bass), Sholto Kynoch (piano), Elleanor Hicks (soprano), Merton College Choir, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor): Merton College Chapel, Oxford 31.10.2015 (MH)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Sparkling Fauré and Schubert at Lunchtime
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Lunch with Fauré & Schubert: Katherine Crompton (soprano), Hanna-Liisa Kirchin (mezzo-soprano), Hannah Quinn (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2015 (MH)
Empathy and Commitment from Emerson String Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert: Emerson String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 17.11.2015. (GD)
Pascal Rophé’s Impressively Gallic Conducting Experienced in London
United Kingdom Franck, Ravel, Berlioz: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Pascal Rophé (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.11.2015. (AS)
Pianistic Poetry, Insight and Musicality from Richard Goode
United Kingdom Mozart, Brahms: Richard Goode (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.11.2015. (GD)
Kohn’s Quartet No 16 – a Twenty-First Century Masterpiece?
United Kingdom Beethoven, Kohn: The Villiers Quartet, St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church, Sheffield, 14.11.2015. (JK)
Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields: A Thrilling Partnership
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mozart: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Joshua Bell (Director and Violin Soloist), Barbican, London. 11.11.2015. (LB)
Anne Schwanewilms’ Glorious Singing Outshines Poorly Focused Conducting
United Kingdom Beethoven, R. Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano); London Symphony Orchestra/Nikolaj Znaider (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.11.2015. (CC)