United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 4 – Schubert, Wolf. Sophie Bevan (soprano), John Chest (baritone), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 17.10.2013
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Sir Willard Heads Gala Evening of Song
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 3 – Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Berlioz, Duparc, Quilter, Spirituals: Sylvia Kevorkian (soprano), Sir Willard White (bass-baritone), Eugene Asti (piano): St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford 15.10.2013 (CR)
Irvine Arditti’s Sixtieth Birthday Celebrated in Challenging and Stimulating Style
United Kingdom Sixtieth birthday concert for Irvine Arditti: Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.10.2013 (MB)
Trevor Pinnock Takes His Listeners on a Remarkable Musical Journey

Carefully Nuanced Sheherazade from Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov: Norika Ogawa (piano), Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, Denis Lotoev (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 16.10.2013 (PCG)
Musical Manchester Connections from the BBC Philharmonic
Bernard Haitink and the LSO: Masterly in Mozart and Shostakovich
United Kingdom Mozart and Shostakovich: Emanuel Ax (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.10.2013 (MB)
Lieder Recital Explores Goethe’s Lighter Side
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Beethoven, Wolf, Loewe, Zelter, Schubert: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 14.10.2013 (CR)