United Kingdom Bernstein: Krystian Zimerman (piano), London Symphony Chorus / Simon Halsey (chorus director), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.12.2017. (CS)
This Week’s Review
Anna Prohaska Shines as Monteverdi’s Poppea
Germany Monteverdi, L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin / Diego Fasolis (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.12.2017. (MB)
An Absorbing Winter Journey with Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida
United Kingdom Schubert: Mark Padmore (tenor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.12.2017. (CC)
Otaka’s All-Elgar Programme in Cardiff
United Kingdom Elgar: Claudia Huckle (contralto), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 11.12.2017. (PCG)
Ashkenazy and the OPO offer a triptych of Russian compositions
United Kingdom Nimrod Borenstein, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov: Natalia Lomeiko (violinist), Oxford Philharmonic /Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 9.12.2017. (CR)
Elijah at Dartington
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Catherine Hamilton (soprano), Alison Kettlewell (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone), Dartington Community Choir and Dartington Sinfonietta / Simon Capet (conductor), Great Hall, Dartington, 10.12.2017. (PRB)
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Baritone Andrei Bondarenko’s Ambitious, Uneven Recital of French and Russian Song
United States Various composers: Andrei Bondarenko (baritone), Gary Matthewman (piano), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.12.2017. (RP)
A Most Stimulating Evening of Bach and Telemann
United Kingdom Reversed Fortunes, music by Bach and Telemann: Academy of Ancient Music / Bojan Čičić (violin/director). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 7.12.2017. (CC)