United Kingdom Eötvös and Debussy: Piia Komsi (soprano), Calder Quartet [Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (violins), Jonathan Moerschel (viola), Eric Byers (cello)]. Wigmore Hall, London, 1.10.2016. (MB)
Mark Berry
Musically Strong and Intelligently Staged Don Giovanni at ENO
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Coliseum, London, 30.9.2016. (MB)
Photo credit: Robert Workman
An Enthralling Start to Igor Levit’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.9.2016. (MB)
Lack of Coherence Between Music and Production in Covent Garden’s Così fan tutte
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus (chorus master: William Spaulding), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 22.9.2016. (MB)
The Endellions in Three String Quartet Masterpieces
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, and Beethoven: Endellion String Quartet (Andrew Watkinson, Ralph de Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.9.2016. (MB)
Howard Shelley’s Mozart: A Tasty Lunchtime Treat
United Kingdom Mozart: London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director). St John’s Smith Square, London, 21.9.2016. (MB)
The Aurora Orchestra Celebrates Musical Prodigies on Tour
United Kingdom Paganini, Mozart, Liszt, and Mendelssohn: Thomas Gould (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (conductor). Hall One, Kings Place, London, 17.9.2016. (MB)
A Trio of Piano Quartets in Fine Performances
United Kingdom Mahler, Schumann, and Brahms: Daniel Hope (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.9.2016. (MB)