Spain Heggie, Dead Man Walking: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Real / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 26.1.2018. (JMI)
Joyce DiDonato Leads a Superb Cast in Dead Man Walking Under the Baton of Mark Wigglesworth
This Week’s Review
Giltburg’s Dazzling Shostakovich Second Piano Concerto
United Kingdom Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tatarnikov (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 24.1.2018. (IL)
Two Orchestras in One Concert
United Kingdom Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Tomáš Hanus (conductor): BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 24.1.2018 (PCG)
Julia Fischer Quartet Play With Meticulousness, Precision and Accord
United Kingdom Beethoven, Janáček, Schubert: Julia Fischer Quartet (Julia Fischer & Alexander Sitkovetsky [violins], Nils Mönkmeyer [viola], Benjamin Nyffenegger [cello], Wigmore Hall, London, 24.1.2018. (CS)
Mendelssohn’s Greatest Symphony Crowns a Varied British Isles Salute
United States Maxwell Davies, Bruch, Mendelssohn: Juliette Kang (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.1.2018. (BJ)
A Delightful Double-Feature of Holst and Ullmann at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
United Kingdom Holst and Ullmann: Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Lionel Friend (conductor), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 20.1.2018. (SRT)
François-Xavier Roth in Refreshing Revivals of Lalo and Massenet
United Kingdom Wagner, Lalo, Debussy and Massenet: Edgar Moreau (cello), London Symphony Orchestra/ François-Xavier Roth (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 21.1.2018. (AS)
Solzhenitsyn’s Schubert Still Compelling Two Decades Later
United States Shostakovich, Schubert: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 12.1.2018. (BJ)