United Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2024 [2] – Mozart Die Zauberflöte (sung in English, translated by Jeremy Sams, abridged): Soloists, Orchestra / Orlando Jopling (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, 30.6.2024. (CC)
Colin Clarke
Mozart music never disappoints even if Covent Garden’s Così fan tutte might frustrate you
United Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte (ed. Ferguson/Rehm): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Alexander Soddy (conductor). 26.6.2024. (CC)
Nadine Benjamin and Jan Karl Rautio make perfect musical partners at the Thaxted Festival
United Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2024 [1] – Liszt, Hall, Verdi, Puccini: Nadine Benjamin (soprano), Jan Karl Rautio (piano). Thaxted Parish Church, Essex, 22.6.2024. (CC)
Terrific weekend lunchtime recital from pianist Yuki Negishi
United Kingdom Gershwin, Kapustin, Bonds, Norton, Wave, Arlen/Jarrett: Yuki Negishi (piano). Holy Trinity Church, South Woodford, 16.6.2024. (CC)
Paul Wee’s remarkable performance of Alkan’s Concerto for Solo Piano gets a well-deserved standing ovation
United Kingdom Alkan, Concerto for Solo Piano, Op.39 Nos. 8-10: Paul Wee (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.6.2024. (CC)
Mixed results from an eclectic orchestral extravaganza as Dudamel and the LA Phil return to London
United Kingdom Williams, Ortiz, Dvořák: María Dueñas (violin), Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.6.2024. (CC)
Nicolas Hodges’s Messiaen performance, not of extremes, but one that embraced extremes
United Kingdom Messiaen, Vingt régards de l’enfant-Jésus (1944): Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.5.2024. (CC)
Romantic Piano: a superb Sheffield recital by Mishka Rushdie Momen
United Kingdom Music in the Round [3] – Romantic Piano: Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano). Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 23.5.2024. (CC)
