UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Kennedy’s musicality, knowledge, and skills are to the fore in his Barbican Bach Now! programme

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Kennedy, Sakamoto – Nigel Kennedy: Bach Now!: Nigel Kennedy (violin, piano, conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Barbican Hall, London, 14.11.2023. (AK)

Nigel Kennedy (violin) and Nicholas Daniel (oboe) © Alexander Barnes/Apple and Biscuit

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Belfast Philharmonic Choir’s accomplished performance of Stanford’s rarely performed Requiem

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stanford, Requiem, Op.63: Mary McCabe (soprano), Cicely Hé (mezzo-soprano), Aaron O’Hare (tenor), Brendan Collins (baritone), Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Orchestra / James Grossmith (conductor), Ulster Hall, Belfast, 5.11.2023. (RB)

James Grossmith conducts the Belfast Philharmonic Choir

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Grace Williams’s Second Symphony in Cardiff

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom ‘Grace’: Emma Tring (soprano, Saariaho), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins (conductor, Saariaho and Williams), Emilie Godden (conductor, Lewis). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 2.11.2023. (PCG)

Emilie Godden and Sarah Lianne Lewis share applause after the world première of The sky didn’t fall © Kirsten McTernan

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The Bach Choir are powerful and affecting in Brahms’s A German Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Coleridge-Taylor, Beach, Brahms: Claire Rutter (soprano), Katherine Gregory (mezzo-soprano), Harry Jacques (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (bass), The Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra / David Hill (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2023. (JR)

David Hill conducting Ein deutsches Requiem with soloists Ross Ramgobin (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano), Katherine Gregory (mezzo-soprano) and Harry Jacques (tenor) © Andy Paradise

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