United Kingdom Suk, Janáček, Martinů, Dvořák. Joshua Bell (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Steven Isserlis (cello), Jeremy Denk (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 20.5.2015.( LB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
A Compelling Performance of Schubert’s Extraordinary Music
United Kingdom Schubert: Hanning Kraggerud (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Imogen Cooper (piano), Kings Place, London, 16.5.2015 (GD)
John Taylor: Gentle Ruminations and Spontaneous Ease
United Kingdom Berlin, Wheeler, Ellington and Others: John Taylor (piano), Cardiff, Roysl Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 16.5.2015, (LJ).
An Enjoyable Schubertiade in Chipping Campden
United Kingdom Schubert: Imogen Cooper (piano), Henning Kraggerud (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Chipping Campden Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 18.5.2015. (RJ)
Warsaw Philharmonic Bring Sheffield Concert Season to a Rousing Conclusion
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven: Wiolletta Chodowicz (soprano), Hannah Pedley (mezzo0, Andrew Rees, (tenor), Paul Carey Jones, (baritone), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sheffield Philharmonic Choir & members of the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus / Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor), City Hall, Sheffield, 17.5.2015 (JK)
A Rewarding Recital from Jack Liebeck and Katya Apekisheva
Messiaen, Prokofiev, Fauré, and Stravinsky: Jack Liebeck (violin), Katya Apekisheva (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 17.5.2015 (MB)
A Welcome and Convincing Revival of Morning Heroes
Berlioz, Bliss: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Samuel West (orator), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.5.2015 (AS)
Three World Premieres at the End of a Welsh Pier
Adams, Lunn, Pärt, Green, Kúrtag, Wallace, Ayres: Antoine Françoise and Robin Green (pianos), *David Childs (euphonium), *Patrick King (timpani). Penarth Pier Pavilion, Cardiff. 16.5. 2015 (PCG) John Adams (b.1947) – Hallelujah Junction (1998) Ben Lunn (b.1990) – The Horror and the Estasy (2014) world première Arvo Pärt (b.1935) – Hymn to a Great … Read more