United Kingdom Haydn: The Night Shift – members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Matthew Truscott (first violin), Margaret Faultless (second violin), Tom Dunn (viola) Robin Michael (cello). Old Queen’s Head, Islington, London, 25.9.2012.
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UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Seduction, Heartache and Passion from Danielle de Niese
United Kingdom Grieg, Wolf, Poulenc, Bizet and Dowland: Danielle de Niese (soprano) with Julius Drake (piano), Town Hall, Birmingham, 30.9.2012 (GR)
The Vienna Boys’ Choir Delight a London Audience
United Kingdom Vienna Boys’ Choir: Kerem Sezen conducting at the piano. Cadogan Hall, London, 2.10.2012 (JPr)
Pleas for Peace in Manchester Cathedral
United Kingdom Arnold, Vaughan Williams: Jo Rondel (mezzo), Robert O’Connell (baritone), Cheshire Sinfonia and Chorale / Peter Stallworthy (conductor), Third Manchester Peace Festival, Manchester Cathedral, 29.9.2012 (RB)
Angela Hewitt: Often Exquisite in Bach, More Variable in Beethoven
United Kingdom Bach and Beethoven: Angela Hewitt (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.10.2012 (MB)
Exotic Sounds at London’s 2012 Darbar Festival
United Kingdom Darbar Festival 2012: Various artists, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London, 28.9.2012 & 29.9.2012 (CC)
The OAE Presents Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers
United Kingdom Queens, Heroines and Ladykillers: Three eras of divas – Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.9.2012. (JPr)
Regal Stemme Impresses in First Instalment of Runnicles’ Tristan
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Wagner: Soloists, RSNO Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.09.2012 (SRT)