Dvorak, Bruçh, Brahms: Jennifer Pike, (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cornelius Meister, conductor, Grand Theatre, Swansea, 20.6.2014 (NHR)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
A Mozart Bruckner Concert with a ‘Special’ Quality
Germany Mozart, Bruckner: Lise de la Salle (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 19.6.2014 (GD)
Excitement and Lyricism in Rarely Heard Strauss Symphony
United Kingdom Wagner, Mozart, Strauss:Zhang Zuo (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cornelius Meister (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 17.6.2014 (PCG)
CBSO on Top Form in Strauss’ Symphonia Domestica
United Kingdom Beethoven, Richard Strauss: Paul Lewis (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchrestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 19.6.2014 (RD)
Down-to-Earth Mozart, Sympathetic Bruckner from Papadopoulos
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Oxford Philomusica / Marios Papadopoulos (pianist and conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.6.2014
Glorious Outpouring of Czech Chamber Music at Aldeburgh Festival
United Kingdom Janáček, Smetana: The Pavel Haas String Quartet [Veronika Jarůškova & Marek Zwiebel (violins), Pavel Niki (viola), Peter Jarůšk (cello)], Aldeburgh Parish Church, Aldeburgh Festival, 14.06.2014 (CS)
Paavo Järvi Impresses in Russian Fare with the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Glinka, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.6.2014 (CS)
Grosvenor and Endellion Show Control and Passion in Brahms Quintet
United Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Gounod/Liszt, Brahms: Endellion String Quartet, Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 13.6.2014