United Kingdom Rossini, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Bizet / Sarasate, Ravel. Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Conductor, George Pehlivanian, Uto Ughi (violin). Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica Rome 23.07.2015. (JB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
‘The Play’s the Thing’: Shakespeare and Mendelssohn Combine to Excellent Effect
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2015 – William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream with incidental music by Felix Mendelssohn: Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Anna Sideris (soprano), Catherine Backhouse (mezzo-soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of Garsington Opera / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22.7.2015 (JPr)
Pinchas Zukerman Commemorates the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
United Kingdom Bach, Bruch, Brahms. Diana Adamyan (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, (conductor/violin), Cadogan Hall, London. 21.7.2015 (LB)
Igor Levit’s Virtuosity Serves Cardew and Rzewski Compellingly
United Kingdom Cardew and Rzewski: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.7.2015 (MB)
Plácido Domingo’s Operalia – A Flawed Competition but with the Correct Result
Plácido Domingo’s 2015 Operalia: Finalists, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Plácido Domingo (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 19.7.2015. (JPr)
Maestri Takes Command in Covent Garden’s Drab Falstaff
United Kingdom Verdi. Falstaff: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Michael Schønwandt.(conductor) Royal Opera House, London, 15.7.2015. (CC)
Highly Committed and Rewarding Performances by the Ealing Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Janáček, Ireland, Holst: Rebeca Omordia (piano), Ealing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons (conductor), St Barnabas Church, Ealing, London, 18.7.2015 (AS)
Fauré and Schumann Piano Quintets Contrasted by Schubert Ensemble
United Kingdom Schumann and Fauré: The Schubert Ensemble (Simon Blendis & Jan Schmolk [violins], Douglas Paterson [viola], Jane Salmon [cello], William Howard [piano]), Wigmore Hall London, 15.7.2015 (CS)