Canada Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Koerner Hall, Vancouver Academy of Music, Vancouver, 14.2.2018. (GN)
Jan Lisiecki Finds Pianistic Splendour in the Morning
This Week’s Review
Outstanding Performances from Leonidas Kavakos, the LSO and Daniel Harding
United Kingdom Grime, Prokofiev and Strauss: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 18.2.2018. (MB)
BBCSSO Are Joined by Cellist Elschenbroich for a Programme of Elgar and Walton
United Kingdom Elgar, Walton: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.2.2018. (SRT)
Stirring Slavonic Sentiments From Rosefield and Apekisheva
United Kingdom Martinů, Shostakovich, Dvořák, Rachmaninov: Gemma Rosefield (cello) & Katya Apekisheva (piano), Kings Place, London, 18.2.2018. (CS)
No Exodus, Only Acclaim for a Superb Performance of Handel’s Israel in Egypt
United States Handel, Israel in Egypt: Los Angeles Master Chorale and Orchestra / Grant Gershon (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 11.2.2018. (DD)
The Philharmonia Bring Shadows And Sunlight to Canterbury
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mahler: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, 17.2.2018. (CS)
Sturm und Drang from a Rare Rigel Symphony
United States Rigel, Mendelssohn, Mozart: Isabelle Faust (violin), The Cleveland Orchestra / Bernard Labadie (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio. 15.2.2018. (MSJ)
Gaffigan Makes His Lyric Debut with Così
United States Mozart, Così fan tutte: Lyric Opera of Chicago. Soloists Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago / James Gaffigan (conductor), Chicago. 17.2.2018. (JLZ)
