United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 6 – Britten, Purcell, Warlock, Vaughan Williams, Warlock: Nick Pritchard (tenor), Ian Tindale (piano); James Bowman (counter-tenor), Andrew Plant (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 20.10.2013
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Loges Excels in Britten and Schubert Song Cycles
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 5 – Britten, Schubert. Stephan Loges (baritone), Michael Dussek (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 19.10.2013 (CR)
Outstanding Performance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.10.2013, (GD)
Uplifting Mendelssohn from Gardner and the CBSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Baiba Skrida (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 19.10.2013. (RD)
Light and Darkness in Britten Centenary Concert
United Kingdom Britten, Bernstein: Rachel Chapman (soprano), Diana Moore (mezzo soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Rick Wakeman (narrator), City of Bristol Choir, Westbury on Trym Parish Church Choir, Leckhampton CE Primary School Choir, Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, 19.10.2013. (RJ)
Top-Class Mozart Performances Grace London’s Newest Concert Hall
United Kingdom Mozart: Ruth Killius (viola), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair (conductor/violin). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 18.10.2013 (MB)
Americana Concert Highlights Carpenter, Copland and Schuman
United Kingdom Carpenter, Copland, William Schuman: William Wolfram (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Wilson Hermanto (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 18.10.2013 (PCG)
Mouthwatering Repertoire from Jette Parker Young Artists
United Kingdom Berio/Montsalvatge: Jette Parker Young Artists, Southbank Sinfonia/Michele Gamba (Berio), Paul Wingfield (Montsalvatge). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 16.10.2013