United Kingdom Berio, Britten, Shostakovich: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vassily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.11.2013. (GD)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Thomas Adès and Friends Help to Inaugurate Milton Court
United Kingdom Britten, Barry, Adès, Stravinsky: Thomas Adès (piano), Anthony Marwood (violin), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Louise Hopkins (cello), Milton Court, London, 6.11.2013 (GDn)
A Programme of Contrasts from the Jacquin Trio.
United Kingdom Rowland-Jones, Woolrich, Colin Matthews, Cashian, Kurtág, Larsen, Dean: The Jacquin Trio, Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.11.2013. (RJ)
The Tallis Scholars: A Splendid End to the Canterbury Festival
United Kingdom Taverner, White, Byrd, Sheppard, Tallis, The Tallis Scholars, Peter Philips (director), Canterbury Festival, Canterbury Cathedral, 2.11.2013 (BW)
Penetrating Playing from the Belcea Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Britten, Shostakovich: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher, violins; Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola; Antoine Lederlin, cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 1.11.2013 (CC)
Messiaen, the Visionary, Reaches for the Stars
United Kingdom Messiaen: Tzimon Barto (piano), John Ryan (horn), Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman (percussion), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2013 (MB)
Opera Orchestra Makes Impact in the Concert Hall
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Britten, Shostakovich: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1.11.2013 (PCG)
United Kingdom Donizetti, L’ElisirD’Amore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Glyndebourne Touring Opera / Pablo González (Conductor), New Victoria Theatre, Woking 30.10.13 (RB)