United Kingdom Kirke, Ryan, Miranda: Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano), Pennisula Arts Chorale, Ten Tors Orchestra / Simon Ible (conductor), St Andrew’s Minster Church, Plymouth. 22.9.2012 (PRB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
A Variable Start to the LSO’s New Season
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Brahms. Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 22.9.2012 (CG)
Alice Coote’s Centenary Tribute to Kathleen Ferrier
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler: A Wigmore Hall Ferrier Centenary Celebration Concert Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2012 (JPr)
The Beatitudes in Coventry Cathedral – 50 Years Late!
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Beethoven, Bliss: Orla Boylan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Omar Ebrahim (narrator), Jonathan Scott (organ), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 22.9. 2012 (JQ)
WNO’s Jephtha Appeals to Mind and Heart Alike in its Cardiff Revival
United Kingdom Handel, Jephtha: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Paul Goodwin (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.9.2012 (GPu)
Leonskaya Plays Schubert with Finesse and Sensibility.
United Kingdom Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2012 (GD)
The Lawson Trio at the Cheltenham Contemporary Concerts Series
United Kingdom Schubert, Powers, Panufnik, Frances-Hoad, Beethoven: The Lawson Trio (Fenella Humphries – violin, Rebecca Knight – cello, Annabelle Lawson – piano), Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 19.9.2012
Flute and Voice Combine in an Entrancing Bach Programme
United Kingdom Bach: Sir James Galway, Lady Jeanne Galway, Hannah Davey, Orchestra of St John’s / John Lubbock (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 11.9.2012. (RJ)