United Kingdom Ireland, Liszt, Poulenc: Mark Bebbington (piano), City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth, 19.4.2012 (PRB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Barenboim’s Mozart and Bruckner Disappoint
United Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor and soloist), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.4.2012 (GD)
A Probing Conclusion to Barenboim’s Bruckner Series in London
United Kingdom Mozart and Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.4.2012 (MB)
Järvi Features Neglected Scottish Composer in a Varied Programme
United Kingdom McEwen, Beethoven, Sibelius: Christian Blackshaw (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.4.2012 (SRT)
Mozart Opts for Constanza Years Before Meeting Her
United States Mozart, Il sogno di Scipione: Gotham Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Neal Goren (conductor), Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, New York, 11.4.2012 (SSM)
Birmingham’s Superb Dream of Gerontius Repeated in London
United Kingdom Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 14.4.2012 (CC)
Empathetic Song Interpretations by Sandrine Piau
United Kingdom Fauré, Liszt, Chausson, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Richard Strauss, Poulenc: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Roger Vignoles (accompanist) Wigmore Hall, London, 11.4.2012 (GD)
Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin: Compelling in Bruckner’s Eighth
United Kingdom Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.4.2012 (MB)