UK Concerts – Page 97 – Seen and Heard International

Mozart being Mozart, Britten Sinfonia’s Messiah at the Barbican Hall had its own appeal,

13/12/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel (arr, Mozart & Jonathan Manners), Messiah, HWV 56 / K 572 (sung in English): Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (alto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Morgan Pearse (bass), BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia / Sofi Jeannin (conductor). Barbican Hall, 12.12.2023. (CC)

Sofi Jeannin conducts the Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Singers

Picasso theme at a BBC NOW Cardiff concert

13/12/2023 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United Kingdom ‘Playing Picasso’: Katharine Dain (soprano), Jorge Navarro Colorado (tenor), Michel de Souza (bass), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.12.2023. (PCG)

Gabriel Jackson’s new work gets an assured and committed performance in Oxford’s Merton College

20/12/202311/12/2023 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Gabriel Jackson, The Christmas Story: Girl Choristers of Merton College (conductor, Carys Lane), Owen Chan & François Cloete (organ), The Choir of Merton College, Kyan Quartet, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia / Benjamin Nicholas (conductor). Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, 10.12.2023. (JQ)

Under a conductor who definitely brings out the LSO’s best, this was a fabulous evening of music-making.

10/12/202309/12/2023 by Keith McDonnell

United Kingdom Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Sopranos and Altos of the London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.12.2023. (KMcD)

An abridged Messiah was another terrific evening from Laurence Equilbey, her choir and orchestra

08/12/202307/12/2023 by Colin Clarke

France Handel, Messiah (abridged): Marie Lys (soprano), Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (countertenor), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), accentus, Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 5.12.2023. (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts accentus and the Insula Orchestra

Kirill Gerstein conjures up the ghost of Rachmaninoff in the composer’s Third Piano Concerto

06/12/2023 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Benjamin, Hindemith, Rachmaninoff: Kirill Gerstein (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 30.11.2023. (MBr)

PatKop’s Pierrot Lunaire in the Queen Elizabeth Hall was truly an extraordinary experience

05/12/2023 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Friends – Pierrot Lunaire: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (voice / violin), Meesun Hong Coleman (violin), Thomas Kaufmann (cello), Júlia Gállego (flute), Reto Bieri (clarinet), Joonas Ahonen (piano). Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, 3.12.2023. (CC)

*Pierrot Lunaire* from Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Friends © Marco Borggreve

Graceful, stylish Christmas Oratorio from Suzuki and the OAE at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

04/12/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Bach: Jessica Cale (soprano), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass-baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 2&3.12.2023. (JR)

The OAE conducted by Masaaki Suzuki with Jessica Cale (soprano) and Florian Störtz (bass-baritone) © Mark Allan

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