United Kingdom Schubert, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Chopin: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 14.3.2012 (RB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Hereford Choral Society Celebrates in Style its First 175 Years of Music Making
United Kingdom Verdi: Requiem. Claire Seaton (soprano), Jeanette Ager (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), David Stout (baritone), Hereford Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Bowen (conductor). Hereford Cathedral, 17.3.2012 (JQ)
Swansea Bach Choir Maintains its High Standards.
United Kingdom Bach, Blow, Purcell, Tallis, Gibbons, Pärt: Swansea Bach Choir/Greg Hallam (conductor), James Gough (organ), Rebecca Herman (cello), St Mary’s Church, Swansea, 17.3.2012.(NR)
Brett Dean:Total Immersion in the Ever-Unpredictable Composer
United Kingdom Brett Dean, Total Immersion: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Chamber Ensemble, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Brett Dean (conductor, viola), David Robertson (conductor), Barbican, London, 18.3.2012 (GDn)
Brahms Unwrapped: Half of Sixteen and Two Anonymous Pianists
United Kingdom Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Brahms: Members of The Sixteen, Christopher Glynn and John Reid (piano), Harry Christophers (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, London. 16.3.2012 (MB)
RPO Performs Brahms, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky
United Kingdom Brahms, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Roustem Saitkoulov (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London 13.03.2012 (RB)
Nelsons and Kaufmann – A Partnership to Relish
United Kingdom Britten, Mahler, Strauss & Debussy: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 7.3.2012 (GR)
‘Nash Inventions’ at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom ‘Nash Inventions’: Turnage, Colin Matthews, Goehr, Maxwell Davies, Birtwistle, and Harvey: Claire Booth (soprano), Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.3.2012 (MB)