United Kingdom Wagner, Richard Strauss and Brahms: Allison Oakes (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor), Lighthouse, Poole, 24.10.2018. (IL)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Sinaisky in Sibelius at Cardiff
United Kingdom Sibelius, Mozart, Wagner: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 23.10.2018. (PCG)
Lise Davidsen Brings Dramatic Intensity to Pappano’s Resounding Account of Verdi’s Requiem
United Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Lise Davidsen (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor), Gábor Bretz (bass), Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Royal Opera House, London 23.10.2018. (JPr)
Verdi – Messa da Requiem
Mastersingers and Rehearsal Orchestra’s Siegfried Act II Shows Talent and Commitment
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried Act II: Soloists, Rehearsal Orchestra / Anthony Legge (conductor), Henry Wood Hall, London, 21.10.2018. (JPr)
Intense Ligeti from Quatuor Voce
United Kingdom Beethoven and Ligeti: Quatuor Voce (Cécile Roubin, Sarah Dyan [violins], Guillaume Becker [viola], Lydia Shelley [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.10.2018. (MB)
Jaime Martín and the LSO’s Dazzling Falla
United Kingdom Falla, Lalo and Stravinsky: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.10.2018. (AS)
BBC Philharmonic’s Light Odyssey Illuminates Blackpool
United Kingdom Light Odyssey (Lightpool Festival 2018) – Debussy, Saint‐Saëns, Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Vaughan Williams, Britten: BBC Philharmonic / Eivind Aadland (conductor), Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 18.10.2018. (MC)
Opening Concert in Cardiff’s International Season
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Glinka: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alondra de la Parra (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 16.10.2018. (PCG)
