United Kingdom Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Simon Trpčeski (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 12.11.2014 (JQ)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Leonskaja’s Heroic Playing of Both Brahms’ Piano Concertos
United Kingdom Brahms, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13.11.2014 (SRT)
Carlo Rizzi and RWCMD give a Moving Performance of Britten’s War Requiem
United KingdomBenjamin Britten, War Requiem: Alwyn Mellor (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), RWCMD Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Children’s Choir, College Chorus / Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Cardiff, St. David’s Hall, 09.11.2014 (LJ).
Storgårds Impresses in His Elgar, Nielsen and Walton Interpretrations
United Kingdom Elgar, Nielsen & Walton: Alina Pogostkina (violin), David Soar (baritone), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester,, 8.11.2014 (MC)
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Sheffield’s Restored Cathedral Provides Ideal Setting for Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Soloists, Sheffield Cathedral Choir, Northern Chamber Orchestra / Alan Eost (conductor), Sheffield Cathedral, 8.11.2014 (JRK)
Ferocity and Imagination in Kohn’s Revelatory New String Quartet
United Kingdom Beethoven, Kohn, Shostakovich: Northern String Quartet; [Nikolas Gjylaci and Joy Becker (violins), Laurie Dempsey (viola), Joshua Lynch (cello), St Andrew’s, Sheffield, 9.11.2014. (JRK).
The Takács Quartet: Exemplary in Beethoven and Mozart
United Kingdom Beethoven and Mozart: Takács Quartet [Eduard Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, (violin)Geraldine Walther, András Fejér (cello)], Louise Williams (viola), Wigmore Hall, 9.11.2014 (MB)
The Perceptive Joy of Renaud Capuçon’s Playing in Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Frank Braley (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 9.11.2014 (MB)