United Kingdom Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.12 (GD)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
EIF 9: Intelligent Programming from the Remarkable Andsnes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2012. (SRT)
EIF 8: Shimmering Orchestral Playing in WNO’s Tristan und Isolde
United Kingdom Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (concert performance), Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.8.2012 (SRT)
EIF 7: Wind music with Panache, Precision and Flair
United Kingdom Ibert, Ravel, Milhaud, Barber, Zemlinsky, Taffanel: Les Vents Français, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 15,8.2012.(SRT)
Prom 42: Bartok and Prokofiev Delight, but Neuwirth Challenges.
United Kingdom Prom 42: Prokofiev, Olga Neuwirth, Bartok: Laurence Power (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2012 (CG)
Proms Chamber 5:Super Concert: Shame About the Gushing Presenter
United Kingdom Proms Chamber Music 5: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano). Cadogan Hall, London, 13.8.2012. (JPr)
Prom 40: A Glorious Youthful Celebration of Wind and Brass Music at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 40: National Youth Wind Orchestra James Gourlay (conductor), National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Bramwell Tovey (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12. 8. 2012 (CT)
EIF 6 – Excellent Account of Janáček Opera from Opera North
United Kingdom Janáček: The Makropulos Case, Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor) Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13.08.2012 (SRT)