United Kingdom Fauré, Lindberg, Stravinsky, Shostakovich: Pekka Kuusisto (violinist) Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev(conductor), City Halls, 23.2.2024. (GT)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
PatKop’s Dies Irae is her show in every dimension of the word
United Kingdom Dies Irae: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin, concept, direction), Michael Wendeberg (piano, organ, harpsichord), Aurora Voices, Aurora Orchestra. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 21.2.2024. (AK)
Light-suffused late and early romanticism from the BBC Philharmonic in Salford
United Kingdom MacDowell, Bax: Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford, 22.2.2024. (RBa)
Visionary Vaughan Williams and monumental Brahms from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Brahms, Vaughan Williams: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 21.2.2024. (CK)
Alexander Malofeev plays a dazzling Prokofiev Third with the BBC SO and Hannu Lintu
United Kingdom Rands, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Adams: Alexander Malofeev (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2023. (MBr)
The LPO’s night of ‘Colour and Fantasy’ infuses London’s Southbank
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Francisco Coll, de Falla: Javier Perianes (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 16.2.2024. (CSa)
The cold beauty of a winter sky: Emilia Hoving and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra play Saariaho
United Kingdom Saariaho, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Ning Feng (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Emilia Hoving (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole 14.2.2024. (CK)
A concerto of paradoxes and some great French music: the Strasbourg Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall
United Kingdom Berlioz, Rachmaninoff, Franck, Ravel: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Marko Letonja (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 13.2.2024. (AR)