United Kingdom Brahms, Debussy and Enescu: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 16.12.2018. (AS)
Kavakos, Rattle and the LSO Give an Evening of Great Music-Making
London
Mahan Esfahani is as Illuminating as Ever in Bach
United Kingdom Bach: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Wigmore Hall, London, 15.12.2018. (MB)
The Royal Opera’s Vacuous Production Strips Hänsel und Gretel of its Magic
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Soloists, Actors, Dancers, ROH Youth Opera Company, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sebastian Weigle (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 13.12.2018. (MB)
Thought-Provoking Beethoven and Brahms from Quatuor Ebène
United Kingdom Beethoven and Brahms: Quatuor Ebène (Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure [violins], Marie Chilemme [viola], Raphaël Merlin [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.12.2018. (MB)
ENB’s Nutcracker Returns and Magic is Pretty Much Assured
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, Students from Tring Park School and the English Ballet School, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, 13.12.2018. (JO’D)
Out of the Mists: Adès Illuminates Janáček’s Late Piano Works
United Kingdom Jánaček: Thomas Adès (Piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.12.2018. (CSa)
Simon Callow’s Uplifting, Yet Thought-Provoking, New Film Version of A Christmas Carol
United Kingdom Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol with Simon Callow: Adaptation by Tom Cairns and Simon Callow; Production designed by Marie Lanna; Cinematography by David Raedeker. Screened at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 11.12.2018. (JPr)
O’Sullivan, Sambé, Nuñez and Muntagirov Transcend the Routine in The Royal Ballet’s Familiar The Nutcracker
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (choreography by Peter Wright): Soloists, corps de ballet, London Oratory Junior Choir, Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Recorded at the Royal Opera House on 3 December and screened at Everyman Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, 10.12.2018. (JPr)
in The Nutcracker Act I (c) Alistair Muir