United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Brahms: Danny Driver (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Mario Venzago (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 23.5.2017. (AS)
This Week’s Review
Experiments in Opera: ‘Flash Operas’
United States Various: David Bloom (musical director), Rob Reese (director), Elyse Kakacek (soprano), Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Stoddard (tenor), Eric McKeever (baritone). Symphony Space, New York City. 6.5.2017. (DS)
Playing in a Crypt, a Cellist Imagines Waking the Dead
United States Bach, Ligeti, Crumb, Roman: Joshua Roman (cello), The Harlem Crypt, New York City, 3.5.2017. (KG)
Phantasm Provide a Fantastic Lunchtime Treat
United Kingdom Lawes, Locke: Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Phantasm [Laurence Dreyfus (director/treble viol), Emilia Benjamin (treble viol), Jonathan Manson (treble viol), Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (bass viol)], Wigmore Hall, London, 22.5.2017. (CS)
A Fine Performance of Jephtha
United Kingdom Handel – Jephtha: Soloists, Holst Singers, Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton (conductor), St John’s Smith Square, London, 20.5.2017. (CC)
‘Thrillingly Heroic’: Welsh-Language Opera Y Tŵr’s Underplays the Symbolism but the Performances Impress
United Kingdom Guto Puw, Y Tŵr [The Tower] – first performance: Music Theatre Wales Ensemble / Richard Baker (conductor), Vale of Glamorgan Festival (collaboration between Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 19.5.2017. (PCG)
BBCSSO provide Guilty Pleasures in un-Hip Haydn and Kaleidoscopic Mahler
United Kingdom Haydn, Mahler: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.5.2017. (SRT)
Uncanny Concept, Outstanding Execution: RSNO’s live soundtrack for Amadeus Screening
United Kingdom Amadeus Live: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RSNO Chorus / Ludwig Wicki (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.5.2017. (SRT)