United Kingdom Bray and Meyer: Mariani Piano Quartet (Philipp Bohnen (violin), Barbara Buntrock (viola), Isang Enders (cello), Gerhard Vielhaber (piano)), Huw Watkins (piano). Purcell Room, London, 16.10.2018. (MB)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Má vlast Given a Performance of Some Distinction by the LSO
United Kingdom Smetana, Má vlast: London Symphony Orchestra / Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 14.10.2018. (CC)

Strongly Characterised and Involving Music-Making from Louise Alder and Stef van Herten
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival’s The Grand Tour [1] – Gounod, Debussy, Schumann, Richard Strauss, Kreutzer, Lachner, Puccini, Verdi and Donizetti: Louise Alder (soprano), Stef van Herten (horn), Sholto Kynoch (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 15.10.2018. (CR)
Llŷr Williams Does Full Justice to the Emotional Ambiguity of Schubert’s Late Piano Works
United Kingdom Schubert: LLŷr Williams (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 11.10.2018. (GPu)

Happy Memories and Hopes for a Bright Future from ENO’s Opera For All
United Kingdom English National Opera’s Opera For All – A Celebration of 50 Years of Opera at the London Coliseum: Soloists, The Porgy and Bess Ensemble, English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Nicholas Ansdell-Evans, Mark Biggins, Martyn Brabbins, Martin Fitzpatrick, James Henshaw, Murray Hipkin, Chris Hopkins (conductors). London Coliseum, 10.10.2018. (JPr)

Dusapin’s Passion Reminds Us that Myth and Music are Central to the Human Experience
United Kingdom Music Theatre Wales and National Dance Company Wales – Dusapin, Passion (in English): Jennifer France (Her), Johnny Herford (Him), Cyril Durand-Gasselin, Nikita Goile, Ed Myhill, Julia Rieder, Malik Williams, Queenie Maidment-Otlet (dancers), Exaudi, Sound InterMedia, London Sinfonietta / Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2018. (CC)

Power and Passion from Veronika Eberle and Dénes Várjon at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Bach, Bartók, Janáček, Schumann: Veronika Eberle (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.10.2018. (CS)

A Vital Celebration of Handel’s Irrepressible Solomon
United Kingdom Handel, Solomon: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 11.10.2018. (CC)