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UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Fine Pianism and a Fascinatingly Diverse Programme from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

22/02/201911/02/2019 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Schumann, Boulez, Ravel, and Prokofiev: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.2.2019. (MB)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (c) Chandos Records

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Oxford Philharmonic Offers Distinguished and Balanced Mozart

22/02/201911/02/2019 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Vilde Frang (violin) Lawrence Power (viola), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 9.2.2019. (CR)

Vilde Frang (c) Marco Borggreve

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Fine Schumann from the LSO and Sir John Eliot Gardiner

22/02/201911/02/2019 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann and Beethoven: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 10.2.2019 (AS)

Piotr Anderszewski (c) Robert Workman
Piotr Anderszewski (c) Robert Workman

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Gabriela Montero Premieres her New Work Babel with the Scottish Ensemble in Glasgow

22/02/201911/02/2019 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glass, Messiaen, Montero, Shostakovich and Vasks: Gabriela Montero (piano), Scottish Ensemble / Jonathan Morton (leader), New Auditorium, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 8.2.2019. (GT)

Gabriela Montero

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Jun Märkl Conducts the BBC NOW’s Spanish Evening in Cardiff

22/02/201910/02/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bolero: Viva España – Ravel, de Falla, Debussy: Angela Hewitt (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jun Märkl (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 7.2.2019 (PCG)

Angela Hewitt (c) Richard Termine

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Natural Beauty and Pure Feng Shui with the BSO’s Plymouth Guildhall Concert

22/02/201910/02/2019 by Philip Buttall

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák: Ning Feng (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Michael Seal (conductor). Plymouth Guildhall, 7.2.2019 (PRB)

BSO with Ning Feng (inset) (c) Philip R Buttall

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Kissin’s Barbican Recital: A Supreme Technician Who Only Occasionally Touched the Soul

22/02/201910/02/2019 by Christopher Sallon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Scriabin: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Barbican Hall, London 6.2.2019. (CSa)

Evgeny Kissin © Sheila Rock

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Karina Canellakis Impresses with the BBCSO in Beethoven and Larcher’s Alle Tage

22/02/201910/02/2019 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Larcher, Beethoven: Thomas Oliemans (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2019. (CC)

Karina Canellakis © Todd Rosenberg

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