Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen, Martin Helmchen (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 12.4.2014 (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Vänskä’s LSO Concert Links Works by Pärt, Britten and Shostakovich
United States Pärt, Britten, Shostakovich: Gil Shaham (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Barbican Hall, London. (GD)
A Recital in Which the Sun Had Truly Shone.
United Kingdom Beethoven, Finzi, Brahms, Debussy and Saint-Saëns: Lorraine McAslan (violin), Victor Sangiorgio (piano), King’s Place, London 12.4.2015 (CS)
Noseda’s Faust Symphony Lives Up to Its Initial Promise
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Liszt: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.4.2015. (GD)
A Remarkable and Virtuosic Performance of Elgar’s Violin Concerto from Pinchas Zukerman
United Kingdom Beethoven, Elgar: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Christoph Koenig (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10.4.2015 (MC)
A Colourful Programme from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
United Kingdom Grainger, Unsuk Chin and Bartók: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.4.2015 (AS)
Superb Haydn and Beethoven, Magical Debussy from the Takács Quartet
United States Haydn, Debussy, and Beethoven: Takács Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 9.4.2015 (BJ)
Another Distinguished St Matthew Passion from Ex Cathedra
United Kingdom Bach, St Matthew Passion: Soloists, Choir, Baroque Orchestra and Academy of Vocal Music, all of Ex Cathedra, directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 3.4.2015. (GR)