United Kingdom Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Veronika Eberle (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.10.2012 (SRT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Glass Harmonicas and Devil Automatons in Cardiff
United Kingdom Berio, Woolrich, Mozart-Beamish, Cashian: New London Chamber Ensemble – Robert Manasse (flute), Melanie Ragge (oboe), Neyire Ashworth (clarinet), Stephen Stirling (horn), Matthew Taylor (bassoon); Cashian Quintet: Kathie Axelson (flute), Eric Wolf-Gordon (oboe), Michaela-Daisy Evans (clarinet), Florian Hunzinker (horn), Natalie Field (bassoon) / Meyrick Alexander (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 9.10.2012 (GPu)
Idina Offers Glee Fans a Fun Evening
United Kingdom Idina Menzel UK Tour 2012: Idina Menzel and orchestra (musical director: Rob Mounsey), Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London 9.10.2012 (JPr)
Feldman’s Mesmerising Homage to John Cage
United Kingdom Morton Feldman, For John Cage: Darragh Morgan (violin); John Tilbury (piano). Purcell Room, London. 8.10.2012 (CC)
From Renaissance to Baroque in Victorian Splendour with Cambrian Consort
United Kingdom Tomkins, Taverner, Byrd, Weelkes, Gibbons, Giovanni Gabrieli, Schütz: Robert Court (organ), Simon Rees (presenter), Cambrian Consort / Philip Pooley, (conductor), St. Augustine’s Church, Penarth, 7.10.2012 (GPu)
Outstanding Performance of Vaughan Williams Symphony at Swansea Festival
United Kingdom Jones, Elgar, Vaughan Williams: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Owain Arwel Hughes (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 6.10.2012 (GPu)
Inspiring Singing in Das Lied von der Erde
United Kingdom Mahler, Brahms: Diana Moore (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Norman (tenor), Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), All Saints’ Church, Cheltenham, 6.10.2012. (RJ)
Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos Reaches London
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey: Samuel West (speaker), CBSO Chorus, London Voices, CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Children’s Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Seal (conductor), Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.10.2012 (CG)