United Kingdom Various: Martin James Bartlett (piano). Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot, 17.2.2019. (PRB)
A Display of Pianism of the Very Highest Order in Newton Abbott from a Top British Pianist
UK Concerts
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Elīna Garanča’s Connection of Words and Music Was Sheer Perfection at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Schumann, Wagner and Mahler: Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 17.2.2019. (JPr)
WNO’s Limited The Magic Flute Production Gets Redeemed by Some Excellent Singing
United Kingdom Mozart, The Magic Flute: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Damian Iorio (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 15.2.2019. (GPu)
Sir Andrew Davis Launches ‘Berlioz: The Ultimate Romantic’
United Kingdom Berlioz: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Matthew Brook (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 15.2.2019. (PCG)
Virtuosity, but not Veracity, from Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (violin), Robert Kulek (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.2.2019. (CS)
Bold, Imaginative Programming for CBSO’s Successful Nordic Night in Coventry
United Kingdom Rautavaara, Sibelius, Grieg: Klara Ek (soprano), CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė -Tyla (conductor). Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, 13.2.2019. (CP)
ENO’s Triumphant Akhnaten Revival Shrouds Audiences in Minimalism and Provides Balm
United Kingdom Glass, Akhnaten (performed in Egyptian, Akkadian, Hebrew and English): Soloists, Gandini Juggling Company, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Karen Kamensek (conductor), London Coliseum, 11.2.2019. (CC)
Nicola Benedetti plays Wynton Marsalis’s Jazzy Violin Concerto in Glasgow
United Kingdom Thomas Adès, Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 9.9.2019. (GT)
