United Kingdom Mozart, R Strauss, Bach: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / David Zinman (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 19.3.2014 (GD)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Michael Collins and the Brodsky Quartet: Seemingly Effortless Musicality
United Kingdom Mozart and Brahms: Michael Collins (clarinet), Brodsky Quartet (Daniel Rowland, Ian Belton (violins), Paul Cassidy (viola), Jacqueline Thomas (cello)). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 19.3.2014 (MB)
Flights of Fancy from Thoughtful Paul Lewis
United Kingdom Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Liszt, and Mussorgsky: Paul Lewis (piano). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 21.3.2014
Superb Playing of Martinů, Dvořák and Bartók in Cardiff
United Kingdom Martinů, Dvořák, Bartók: Liza Fertschmann (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 21.3.2014 (PCG)
Steely-Slatey Sibelius in Yorkshire’s Calder Valley
United Kingdom Brahms, Strauss, Sibelius: Hannah Morgan (oboe), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor), Town Hall, Todmorden, 15.3.2014
A Feast of Handel from Devon Baroque
The RNCM Do Justice to Gluck in his Tercentenary.
Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler: the Best Saved Till Last
United Kingdom Mahler: Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.3.2014. (JPr)