Bizet, Saint –Saëns, Ravel, Prokofiev: Sir Mark Elder (narrator), Hallé Orchestra/Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 9.7.2011 (MC)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Substitute Soloist and Conductor disappoint at the Royal Festival Hall
Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Vasquez (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.6.2011 (GD)
BBC Young Generation Artist Piemontese impresses with Debussy and Schumann
City of London Festival 2011 – Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). St Mary Abchurch, London, 6.7.2011 (MB)
Mumbles Symphony Orchestra begins to make its mark
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Glazunov, Bizet: Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Kristine Balanas (violin), David John,(conductor), 2.7.2011 (NHR)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – A menacing Boesch and a demented Spence stun audiences
Loewe, Schubert, Mahler : Florian Boesch (baritone) with Roger Vignoles, Pittville Pump Room, 30.6.2011 (RJ)
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Schumann, Janáček : Toby Spence (tenor), Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano) with Julian Milford (piano). Pittville Pump Room, 3.7.2011 (RJ)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – Steve Reich Marches To Many Different Drums
Cheltenham Festival 2011 – Steve Reich: Drumming: The Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals, The Town Hall Cheltenham, 6pm, 3.7.2011
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Kuniko Kato plays Reich: Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham 3pm, 3.7.2011 (BK)
Noriko Ogama inaugurates piano series in Cardiff’s brand new hall
Mozart, Kanno, Liszt: Noriko Ogawa (piano), Dora Stoutker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 3.6.2011 (GPu)
Impressive New Music from the London Sinfonietta
Woolrich, Feshareki, Davies, Adès, Messiaen : London Sinfonietta, Kings Place, London 1.7.2011 (GDn)