United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 4: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano), Shirehall, Hereford, 26.7.2012 (JQ)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Prom 16:Hugh Wood’s Piano Concerto and an Evocative La Mer
United Kingdom Prom 16: Elgar, Hugh Wood, Ravel, and Debussy: Joanna MacGregor (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.7.2012 (CG)
A Splendid Three Choirs Pilgrimage to Canterbury
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 3: Susan Gritton (soprano), Alan Oke (tenor), Simon Bailey (bass-baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 25.7.2012. (JQ)
Prom 13: Barenboim’s Beethoven and Boulez Cycle Reaches its Penultimate Stage.
United Kingdom Prom 13: Beethoven and Boulez:Michael Barenboim (violin), Gilbert Nouno (IRCAM computer music designer) Jérémie Henrot (IRCAM sound engineer), West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2012 (CG)
The Three Choirs Festival Takes to The High Seas
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 1. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Owen Gilhooley (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor). Hereford Cathedral. 23.7.2012 (JQ)
Prom 12: Barenboim’s Beethoven and Boulez Cycle Continues to Excite
United Kingdom Prom 12: Beethoven and Boulez: Guy Eshed, flute, Hassan Moataz El Molla, cello, West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor. Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.7.2012 (CG)
Jette Parker Young Artists Celebrate Anniversary with Rossini
United Kingdom Rossini, Il Viaggio a Reims (concert performance): Jette Parker Young Artists, Orchestra of English National Opera/Daniele Rustioni (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.7.2012. (CC)
Aspen VII: Riveting Schuman, Fascinating Ligeti
United States Aspen Music Festival (7): Wolff, McDuffie triumph with Schuman; Fliter delivers impassioned Beethoven; Kahane’s Beethoven more elegant. 23.7.2012 (HS)