United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 (4) – Camille O’Sullivan: Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 14.8.2014 (SRT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Disappointing Heider Dufay Recital from Hilliard
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (10) – Heider, Dufay: The Hilliard Ensemble, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 14.8.2014 (SRT)
PROM 38: Bridge’s Eloquence Meets Orcadian and Finnish Symphonies
United Kingdom Prom 38: Sibelius, Bridge, Maxwell Davies, Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2014 (RB)
PROM 33:The National Youth Orchestra Sparkles at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 33: Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Birtwistle, Lutosławski, Louis Schwizgebel (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2014 (CT)
PROM 36: Oramo Excels in Vaughan Williams and Alwyn
United Kingdom Prom 36 Vaughan Williams, Alwyn: Janine Jansen (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2014 (RB)
Profoundly Spiritual Performance by Collegium Vocale Gent
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (8) – Lassus, Lagrime di San Pietro: Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 12.8.2014 (SRT)
PROM 35: Finnish Classics Meet Mediterranean Walton
United Kingdom Prom35: Maxwell Davies, Walton, Sibelius: James Ehnes (violin), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2014 (RB)
Messiaen Work Creates Meditative Web of Sound
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (6) – Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Antje Weithaas (violin), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 11.8.2014 (SRT)