Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Dvořák Daniil Trifonov (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.4.2015 (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
A Distinguished Harpsichord Recital by Mahan Esfahani
Tomkins, Gibbons, Scheidt, J. S. Bach, Jones, Kidane, Kalabis, and W.F. Bach: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Milton Court, London, 27.4.2015 (MB)
A Magnificent and Varied Skryabin Centenary Recital from Garrick Ohlsson
United Kingdom Skryabin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 27.4.2015 (CS)
Political Protest Fails to Silence the Jerusalem Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Janáček, and Schubert: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler (violins), Ori Kam (viola), Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 24.4.2015 (MB)
Prieto Directs the RLPO in a Second Largely Latino Celebration
United Kingdom Ravel, Tchaikovsky, de Falla. Giovanni Sollima (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 26.4.2015 (RB)
Three Quartets in a Minor Key from the Arcanto
United Kingdom Beethoven, Smetana, Schumann: Arcanto Quartet, Wigmore Hall London, 25.4.2015 (GD)
Janáček Provides the Highlight in Tomáš Netopil’s LPO Programme
United Kingdom Wagner, Beethoven, Janáček Andrea Danková (sop); Karen Cargill (mezzo); Aleš Briscein (tenor); Jochen Schmeckenbecher (bass); Orfeó Catalàl Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana; London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra/Tomáš Netopil. Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.4.2015 (CC)
Clayton and Lewis are a Powerful Partnership in Die schöne Müllerin
United Kingdom Schubert: Allan Clayton (tenor), Paul Lewis (piano). Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds, 24.4.2015 (JL)