United Kingdom Prom 39: Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) – Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.08.2015 (MMB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Big Blocks of Contrast in Macmillan’s New Percussion Concerto
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (8) – MacMillan & Sibelius: Colin Currie (percussion), Anna Larsson (contralto), Jukka Rasilainen (baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Chorus, Edward Gardner (conductor), Usher Hall, 14.8.2015 (SRT)
Concert Performance of The Rake’s Progress Feels Operatic
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (6) – Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (concert performance): Royal Conservatoire Voices, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, 12.8.2015 (SRT)
The Stunning Quality of the Oslo Philhamonic’s String Section
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (9) – Grieg & Rachmaninov: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Usher Hall, 15.8.2015 (SRT)
The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Worthwhile Foulds but Messiaen Deserves More
United Kingdom Prom 38. Foulds, Messiaen Steven Osborne (piano): Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinet): Upper Voices of the London Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena. Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2015 (CC)
Brilliantly Calibrated Symphonie Fantastique with a Touch of Authenticity
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (7) – Berlioz: Michael Spyres (tenor), Laurent Naouri (bass), Peter Eyre (narrator), National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13.8.2015 (SRT)
Theatricality and Complexity Communicated with Thoroughness and Clarity at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 36: Boulez, Ravel, Stravinsky: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2015 (LJ)
Two Revolutionaries, Beethoven And Berlioz, Look to the Future
United Kingdom PROM 33:Beethoven, Berlioz: Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2015. (GD)