United Kingdom Bartok, Haydn: Tokyo String Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 24.11.12 (GD)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Manchester Camerata Warms Up a Cold Night
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Mayo, Mozart, Elgar, Haydn: Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Ingrid Fliter (piano), Hannah Roberts (cello ) – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester – 24.11. 2012 (MC)
Valiant Attempt to Promote Contemporary Welsh Composers
United Kingdom Welsh Showcase: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Grant Llewellyn (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.11.2012 (PCG)
Dunedin Consort Display Contrapuntal Skills in Bach’s Heavenly War
United Kingdom Bach, Zelenka: Dunedin Consort, John Butt (director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 23.11.2012 (SRT)
Reinis Zarins Impresses at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Mozart, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bloch, Schumann: Reinis Zarins (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 21.11.2012 (RB)
A Superb Anticipation of the Britten Centenary
United Kingdom Purcell, Tippett, Handel, and Britten: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave (director/violin), Richard Hetherington (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2012 (MB)
Surefooted Playing of Janáček by Cavaleri Quartet
United Kingdom Mozart, Janáček: Caveleri StringQuartet: Anna Harpham, Ciaram McCabe (violins), Ann Beilby (viola), Rowena Calvert (cello). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum, Cardiff 20.11.11 (GPu)
The Fascination of Kissin in Recital
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt: Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, London 20.11.2012 (CC)