United Kingdom Mozart and Mahler: Jan Lisiecki (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.3.2012. (JPr)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Hail Hallé’s Assistant Conductor in Program of Romantic Composers
United Kingdom Richard Strauss, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Wagner: Alexander Romanovsky (piano), Hallé Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 10.3.2012. (RJ)
Portrait of War: Manchester Camerata in Varied Program
United Kingdom Ravel, Aaron Parker, Mozart and Richard Strauss: Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor), Kathryn Stott (piano) – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 10.3.2012 (MC)
Revelatory Bartók in Swansea
United Kingdom Rósza, Bartók, Arriaga, Mozart, Llŷr Williams (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Roberto Minczuk (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea 10.3.2012. (GPu)
Pollini Plays Chopin and Liszt
United Kingdom Chopin, Liszt: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.3.2012 (CC)
The Civilisation of Song on a Sunday Morning
United Kingdom Britten, Ravel, Rodrigo, Roussel, Walton: Gail Pearson (soprano), Andrew Smith (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 4.3.2012. (GPu)
Impressive Wigmore Hall Debut by Anna Prohaska
United Kingdom Song of the Sirens: Anna Prohaska (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 4.3.2011 (MB)
Uchida Evokes Early 20th Century Vienna in Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto
United Kingdom Brahms Schoenberg Beethoven: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)Royal Festival Hall 1.March.2012 (RB)