United Kingdom Beethoven: Maria João Pires (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 30.6.2022. (KMcD)
Visceral excitement as John Eliot Gardiner conducts the LSO in Beethoven
Keith McDonnell
Outstanding concert from Nelsons and his Gewandhaus Orchestra in a truncated The Strauss Project
United Kingdom The Strauss Project Part I: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 9.5.2022. (KMcD)
Essentially an all-Russian affair, this was an exemplary performance from Lamsma, Noseda and the LSO
United Kingdom George Stevenson, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Simone Lamsma (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 10.4.2022. (KMcD)
Good to see and hear a full-scale choral work like Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass after such a long time
United Kingdom Dvořák, Janáček: Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.3.2022. (KMcD)
Exceptional Wigmore Hall recital from Günther Groissböck who is a rare visitor to these shores
United Kingdom Various: Günther Groissböck (bass) and Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2022. (KMcD)
Glorious Lise Davidsen and Leif Ove Andsnes recital of Grieg, Richard Strauss and Wagner
United Kingdom Grieg, R. Strauss, Wagner: Lise Davidsen (soprano) and Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 13.1.2022. (KMcD)
Superb singing and theatrical audacity from Theatre of Sound delivers a most gripping Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Bartók, Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists of London Sinfonietta / Stephen Higgins (conductor). Theatre of Sound at Stone Nest, London, 6.11.2021. (KMcD)
An undoubted jewel in this season’s Proms: John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2021 [24] – Johann Strauss II, Berg, Ravel, Korngold: Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Sinfonia of London / John Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.9.2021. (KM)
