United Kingdom Sulek, Kenny, Sandström, Casterede, Bassman: Katy Jones (trombone), Christopher Williams (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 28.11.2014. (GPu)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Messiah from Tenebrae and Nigel Short
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Grace Davidson (soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), David de Winter (tenor), William Gaunt (bass). Tenebrae, English Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Short (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 10.12.2014 (MB)
A Less than Earth-Shattering Messiah
United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Sophie Bevan (soprano); Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Ashley Roches (baritone); Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robert Howarth (director). Barbican Hall, London, 9.12.2014 (CC)
A Long but Celebratory Evening, All in a Great Cause
United Kingdom Tait Winter Prom: directed by Greg Eldridge and presented by Kimberley Busteed; various artists with The Tait Chamber Orchestra, Kelly Lovelady (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 9.12.2014. (JPr)
A Brilliantly Sung Festive Hotch-Potch from The Sixteen
United Kingdom The Sixteen at Christmas: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 09.12.2014 (SRT)
Freshness and Beautiful Phrasing from Manze in Beethoven’s Pastoral
United Kingdom Walton, George Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven: James Clark (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Guild Hall, City of Preston, Sunday 7.12. 2014 (MC)
The Fibonacci Sequence Celebrates its 20th Birthday in Style
United Kingdom Copland, Mozart, Benjamin Wallfisch. Schulhoff, Saint-Saëns. Simon Wallfisch (baritone), Fibonacci Sequence [Paul Archibald (trumpet), Daniel Pioro & Marije Ploemacher (violin),Yuko Inoue (viola), Benjamin Hughes (cello), Lynda Houghton (double bass), Christopher O’Neal (cor anglais), Kathron Sturrock (piano)], Hall One, King’s Place, London, 7.12.2014 (LB)