United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (5): Handel, Vivaldi, MacMillan, Purcell, Albinoni: Alison Balsom (trumpet), The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton (artistic director and leader). St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk, Musselburgh (Scotland). 23.09.2011 (LV)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
More ‘Music for People’ at the Purcell Room
United Kingdom Endymion, EXAUDI: James Weeks (conductor), Purcell Room, London, 21.09.2011 (CG)
Ever-youthful Sylvie Guillem dances with fluency and emotional awareness
United Kingdom Sylvie Guillem, 6000 miles away: Sylvie Guillem and dancers in choreography by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián and Mats Ek. Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.9.11. (JPr)
Lammermuir Festival (3): Jennifer Koh Brings the House Down
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (3): Bach, Ysaÿe, Saariaho, Carter, Salonen: Jennifer Koh (violin). The Great Hall, Lennoxlove House, Haddington (Scotland). 20.9.2011 (LV)
Lammermuir Festival (2): Stile Antico Perform Early Music both Radiant and Sober
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (2): Victoria, Morales, Janequin, Palestrina, Guerrero: Stile Antico (Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, Clare Dawson, Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jone, Jim Clements, Matthew Howard, Benedict Hymas, James Arthur, Nicholas Ashby, Will Dawes). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington (Scotland). 19.09.2011 (LV)
An enterprising if variable programme of ‘Music for People’
United Kingdom‘Music for People’ at the Purcell Room: Endymion, EXAUDI, Simon Wall (tenor), James Weeks (conductor), Purcell Room, London, 18.09.2011 (CG)
Birmingham Arts festival helps efface memories of rioting
United Kingdom artsfest 2011: Birmingham City Centre, 10&11.9.2011 (GR)
Mozart’s four-hand piano music ‘unwrapped’ at King’s Place
United Kingdom Mozart Four Hand Piano Music: Charles Owen (piano), Katya Apekisheva (piano). Hall One, Kings Place,London, 17.9.2011 (MB)