United Kingdom Beethoven: Florestan Trio, Wigmore Hall, London 11.1.2012 (GDn)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
The Wigmore Hall Launches a Wolf Songbook Series
United Kingdom Wolf: Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.1.2012 (MB)
The Sacconi Quartet Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary in Some Style
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, and Schubert: Sacconi Quartet (Ben Hancox, Hannah Dawson (violins), Robin Ashwell (viola), Cara Berridge (cello), Hall One, Kings Place, London, 8.12.2012 (MB)
Much to Enjoy in Christian Blackshaw’s Twelfth Night Mozart Recital – But Mozartian Perfection is Elusive
United Kingdom Mozart: Christian Blackshaw (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.1.2012 (MB)
Rodolphus Choir Bridges Gap between Christmas and Epiphany
United Kingdom Elgar, Warlock, Poulenc, Cornelius, Bednall, Chivers, Parry et al.: Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood/conductor, Cheltenham College Chapel, 2.1.2012. (RJ)
John Lubbock’ Delightful ‘Messiah’ Banishes the December Blues
United Kingdom Handel: Messiah: Hannah Davey (soprano), Roderick Morris (counter-tenor), John Pierce (tenor), David Pike (baritone), OSJ Voices (chorus master: Jeremy Jackman), Orchestra of St John’s, John Lubbock (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 22.12. 2011 (MB)
Danish Company, ‘Republique’ Brings Vibrant Bollywood to London’s South Bank
United Kingdom Grabowski: The Bollywood Trip, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 13. 12. 2011 (CC)
Jukka-Pekka Saraste Conducts Kurtág, Bartok, and Sibelius’s Two Last Symphonies.
United Kingdom Bartok, Kurtág and Sibelius: Hiromi Kikuchi (violin), Ken Hakii (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.12.2011 (CG)