United Kingdom Dvořák, Beethoven, Debussy, Bartók: Olga Scheps (piano), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 16.1.2005 (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Soloist/Directors Bring Out Collegiate Nature of Scottish Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Mozart, Beethoven: Jane Atkins (viola), Llŷr Williams (director/piano), Alexander Janiczek (director/violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 15.1.2015 (SRT)
Rattle and the LSO: Virtuosity in Testing Twentieth-Century Repertoire
United Kingdom Webern, Berg, Ligeti and Stravinsky: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2015 (AS)
RLPO’s Attractive Programme Pulls in a Large Audience
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Borodin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Elgar, Tchaikovsky & Arturo Márquez: Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Manuel López-Gómez (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, 13.1.2015. (MC)
The Dante Quartet Excels in Matthew Taylor’s Music
United Kingdom Haydn, Taylor Beethoven. Dante Quartet [Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Oscar Perks (violin), Yuko Inoue (viola), Richard Jenkinson (cello).] Hall One, Kings Place, London. 11.1.2015 (LB)
A Spell-Binding, Utterly Bleak Winterreise from Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès
United Kingdom Schubert: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Adès (piano), Barbican Hall London, 12.01.2015 (CS)
Simon Rattle’s Committed Advocacy for a Schumann Rarity
United Kingdom Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri: Soloists, London Symphony Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 11.1.2015 (MB)
Gifted Young Musicians Show Their Worth
United Kingdom Rust, Beethoven, Sibelius. Ben Baker (violin) Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), JongSun Woo (piano), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman (conductor), St John’s, Smith Square, London, 10.1.2015 (LB)