Wagner and Bruckner: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Lothar Koenigs (conductor) St. David’s Hall Cardiff, 29.4.2011 (GPu)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Maazel’s Mahler 4 and Rückert-Lieder in London
United Kingdom Mahler: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra; Lorin Maazel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 28.4.2011. (JPr)
Mahler and Judith Weir from the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Mahler and Judith Weir: The National Youth Choir of Scotland, Quay Voices and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 24.4.2011 (JPr)
More Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet
Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Martin Fröst (clarinet), Kenneth Sillito (director). King’s Place, London.13.4.2011 (KC)
Blacher, Korngold, Rachmaninov with BBC NOW
Blacher, Korngold, Rachmaninov : BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba (conductor), Matthew Trussler (violin), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 21.4.2011. (RJ)
More ‘Mozart Unwrapped’ with the Chilingirian Quartet and Yuko Inoue
Mozart: Chilingirian Quartet with Yuko Inoue, Kings Place, London, 14.4.2011 (GD)
Katarina Karnéus sings Grieg, Rangström and Sibelius
Grieg, Rangström, Sibelius: Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall 7.4.2011 (KC)
Maazel conducts Mahler 2 with the Philharmonia
Mahler : Sally Matthews (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London 17.4.2011 (CG)