United Kingdom Honegger, Rachmaninov, Fauré: Yevgeny Sudbin* (piano), Elin Manahan Thomas** (soprano), Roderick Williams** (baritone), BBC National Chorus** and Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 24.1.2014 (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Clarity and Resilience in Joshua Bell’s Beethoven
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (violin/director), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 19.1.2014 (MC)
Fine Mendelssohn and Schumann from Pires, Gardiner and the LSO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Schumann: Maria João Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Barbican, London, 21.1.2014 (RB)
Piper Alpha Disaster Recalled in Macmillan’s Powerful Tuireadh
United Kingdom Sibelius, Volans, MacMillan, Kodály: Maximiliano Martín (clarinet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Garry Walker (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.01.2013 (SRT)
Beethoven as an Undemanding Epilogue After Modern French Works
United Kingdom Grisey, Dufourt, Boulez, Beethoven: Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Barbican, London, 22.1.2014 (GDn)
Excellent Start to Manchester’s Strauss’s Voice Series
United Kingdom Richard Strauss: Soile Isokoski (soprano), Steven Isserlis (cello), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Juanjo Mena (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 18.1.2014 (MC)
Emma Kirkby Reveals the Poetry of Song in a Fine Recital
United Kingdom Haydn, Schubert: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Howard Williams (fortepiano), Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 19.01.14.(GP)
Brahms and Liszt Lieder from Kirschlager and Thibaudet
United Kingdom Brahms, Liszt: Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2014 (CC)