United Kingdom Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov: Steven Osborne (Piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 5.10.2011 (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
RPO Opens Swansea Festival With Fine Beethoven, Brahms and Bruch
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard, (conductor), Tasmin Little (violin), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 8.10.2011 (NR)
Very Satisfying Start to Freddy Kempf’s Beethoven Piano Concerto Project
United Kingdom Beethoven: Freddy Kempf (piano / conductor), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.10.2011 (GPu)
Atmospheric Debussy and Lyrical Rachmaninov from Denève, Lugansky and RSNO
United Kingdom Debussy, Rachmaninov : Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 07.10.2011 (SRT)
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Shine in Mozart
United Kingdom Mozart Choral Music: Laurence Kilsby (treble), Julie Cooper (soprano), Jeremy Kenyon (alto), Christopher Watson (tenor), Christopher Borrett (bass), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum of Dean Close Preparatory School, Charivari Agréable, Benjamin Nicholas. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.10.2011 (JQ)
Raw, Visceral Playing from the Moscow Philharmonic In Edinburgh
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2011 (SRT)
Sir Colin Davis and LSO Tackle Two Familiar Composers and One Unfamiliar
United Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen, and Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican,London, 4.10.2011 (MB)
Pli selon pli Casts Its Extraordinary Spell
United Kingdom Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (4): Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, Pierre Boulez (conductor). Royal Festival Hall,London, 2.10.2011 (MB)