United Kingdom Brett Dean, Total Immersion: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Chamber Ensemble, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Brett Dean (conductor, viola), David Robertson (conductor), Barbican, London, 18.3.2012 (GDn)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Brahms Unwrapped: Half of Sixteen and Two Anonymous Pianists
United Kingdom Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Brahms: Members of The Sixteen, Christopher Glynn and John Reid (piano), Harry Christophers (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, London. 16.3.2012 (MB)
RPO Performs Brahms, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky
United Kingdom Brahms, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Roustem Saitkoulov (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London 13.03.2012 (RB)
Nelsons and Kaufmann – A Partnership to Relish
United Kingdom Britten, Mahler, Strauss & Debussy: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.3.2012 (GR)
‘Nash Inventions’ at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom ‘Nash Inventions’: Turnage, Colin Matthews, Goehr, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, and Harvey: Claire Booth (soprano), Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.3.2012 (MB)
Mahler and Mozart from the BBC Symphony
United Kingdom Mozart and Mahler: Jan Lisiecki (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.3.2012. (JPr)
Hail Hallé’s Assistant Conductor in Program of Romantic Composers
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Wagner: Alexander Romanovsky (piano), Hallé Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 10.3.2012. (RJ)
Portrait of War: Manchester Camerata in Varied Program
United Kingdom Ravel, Aaron Parker, Mozart and Richard Strauss: Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor), Kathryn Stott (piano) – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 10.3.2012 (MC)