Colin Clarke – Page 45 – Seen and Heard International

Highly memorable LPO concert with the Brett Dean Viola Concerto lingering in the memory

10/05/202211/02/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Nielsen, Brett Dean, Mahler: Lawrence Power (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.2.2022. (CC)

Vivaldi at Covent Garden for the first time: Bajazet is gripping from first to last acts

27/03/202209/02/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Vivaldi, Bajazet: Soloists, Irish Baroque Orchestra / Peter Whelan (director). Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 7.2.2021. (CC)

Gianluca Margheri (Bajazet), James Laing (Tamerlano) and Eric Jurenas (Andronico) (c) Kip Carroll

English National Opera’s expertly revived, strongly sung and fluidly conducted La bohème

27/03/202204/02/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Ben Glassberg (conductor). London Coliseum, 3.2.2022. (CC)

David Junghoon Kim (Rodolfo) and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Mimì) © Genevieve Girling

The Mozartists look back at 1772 in their fabulous Cadogan Hall performance

27/03/202229/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom 1772 – A Retrospective (MOZART 250): Jessica Cale, Chiara Skerath (sopranos), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 27.1.2022. (CC)

It’s only January but OAE’s triumphant Aci, Galatea e Polifemo might be one of the events of the year

27/03/202225/01/2022 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Handel, Demons in the Bath: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Zoë Brookshaw (soprano, Aci); Bethany Horak-Hallett (mezzo-soprano, Galatea); Trevor Bowes (bass, Polifemo); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Steven Devine (director, harpsichord). Cadogan Hall, London, 23.1.2022. (CC)

*Aci, Galatea e Polifemo* at Cadogan Hall (c) OAE

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Highly memorable LPO concert with the Brett Dean Viola Concerto lingering in the memory

Vivaldi at Covent Garden for the first time: Bajazet is gripping from first to last acts

English National Opera’s expertly revived, strongly sung and fluidly conducted La bohème

The Mozartists look back at 1772 in their fabulous Cadogan Hall performance

It’s only January but OAE’s triumphant Aci, Galatea e Polifemo might be one of the events of the year

Pappano leads Covent Garden’s Le nozze di Figaro and it is a visceral reminder of Mozart’s genius

Despite Sibelius and Bartók, it is for Unsuk Chin that the LSO concert will linger in the memory

Elisabeth Leonskaja at Wigmore Hall proves a fine way to begin concertgoing in 2022