United Kingdom Prom 53: Brahms: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2014 (CS)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
PROM 49: Are You Sitting Comfortably? Fairy Tales at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 49: Ravel, Jukka Tiensuu, Szymanowski, Rimsky-Korsakov Anu Komsi (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 23.8.2014 (RB)
Wonderful Wagner in Birmingham but Andris Nelsons’ Elgar is not yet the Finished Article
United Kingdom Wagner and Elgar: Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 25.8.2014 (JQ)
Beethoven 9th Triumphs Over Rain
United Kingdom Aspen Music Festival (15): Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor); Susanna Phillips (soprano), Carolyn Sproule (mezzo-soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor). Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 15-17.8.2014 (HS)
Rhythmic Vitality in Kopatchinskaja’s Bartók Performance
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (15) – Linberg, Bartók, Beethoven: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra /Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2014 (SRT)
Beauty and Clarity from East European Musicians
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (12) – Panufnik, Shostakovich: I, CULTURE Orchestra, / Kirill Karabits (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.08.2014 (SRT)
PROM 40: Distinguished Schubert and Mahler from Bernard Haitink and the LSO
United Kingdom Prom 40: Schubert and Mahler: Camilla Tilling (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2014. (JPr)
PROM 39:The UK Première of Bernard Rands’ Piano Concerto at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 39. Rameau, Bernard Rands, Mozart ,Strauss Jonathan Biss (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, .Markus Stenz (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2014 (RB)