United Kingdom Swansea International Festival – Weber, Beethoven, Brahms: Llyr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 14.10.2015.
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
An Unusual but Enjoyable Programme from Sakari Oramo
United Kingdom Mozart, Schoenberg, Strauss: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.10.2015 (AS)
Study Day Concludes with Loder’s Opera Raymond & Agnes
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Edward Loder – An Evening of Gothic Entertainment: Soloists, Bath Philharmonia/Jason Thornton (conductor), The Assembly Rooms, Bath, England 15.10.15 (RJW)
Music that Mirrors the Gentility of Bath
United Kingdom “The Loders of Bath” Lunchtime recital: Singers: Catherine Chapman, Matthew Bawden, Hannah Morley; Flautist: Eleanor Emery; Accompanists: Liz Kozlowski, Charles Wiffen; Director: Charles Wiffen, The Picture Gallery, Holburne Museum, Bathwick, Bath, England 15.10.15 (RJW)
Distinctive and Diverse Soundworld from Calefax Reed Quintet
United Kingdom Bendusi, Bowman, Ravel, Grieg, Rameau: Calefax Reed Quintet [Oliver Boekhorn – oboe, oboe d’amore, cor anglais; Ivor Berix – clarinet, E-flat clarimet; Alban Wesly – bassoon; Raaf Hekkema – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Jette Althuis – bass clarinet, basset horn], National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, 15.10.2015.(GPu).
Intensity and Poetry from Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
United Kingdom Strauss & Mozart: Maria João Pires (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19.10.2015 (GR).
Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Open Their Latest London Residency in Magnificent Style
United Kingdom Strauss, Mozart Maria João Pires (piano); Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly. Barbican Hall, London, 20.10.2015 (CC)
From Darkness To Light – A Concert of Great Promise from the London Firebird Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Sibelius, Dvořák: Jennifer Pike (violin), London Firebird Orchestra / George Jackson (conductor). St Paul’s, Covent Garden Piazza, London 20.10.2015. (JPr)