United Kingdom Beethoven, Huw Watkins: Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 19.1.2018. (PCG)
UK Concerts
All concert reviews from the UK.
Gentility and Grace from Queyras and Tharaud
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Berg, Brahms: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.1.2018. (CS)
LPO’s Not So ‘Spectacular’ Organ Concert
United Kingdom Organ Spectacular – Bach, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Jongen: James O’Donnell (organ), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Dirk Brossé (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.1.2018. (CC)
Quatuor Diotima Offer a ‘Shock of the New’ in Szymanowski, Saunders and Schubert
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Rebecca Saunders, and Schubert: Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti (violins), Franck Chevalier (viola), Pierre Morlet (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (MB)
Full-toned Dynamic Range and Rhythmic Command from Behzod Abduraimov at the Barbican
United Kingdom Wagner, Liszt, Schubert and Prokofiev: Behzod Abduraimov (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (CC)
A Wigmore Hall Recital by Alexander Melnikov on Three Pianos
United Kingdom Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 17.1.2018. (CC)
Gould Piano Trio Give a Stimulating Concert of Works by Beethoven and Mark Simpson
United Kingdom Beethoven, Simpson: Gould Piano Trio (Lucy Gould [violin], Benjamin Frith [piano], Alice Neary [cello]), The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 12.1.2018. (GPu)
Generosity and Sincerity from Midori, Lederlin and Biss at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Dvořák: Midori (violin), Antoine Lederlin (cello), Jonathan Biss (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16.1.2018. (CS)
