United Kingdom Neuwirth/Breslauer, Die Stadt ohne Juden: PHACE / Nacho de Paz (conductor). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 15.11.2018. (MB)
Rediscovery and Reconstruction of Breslauer’s 1924 Silent Film, Die Stadt ohne Juden
London
A Rewarding Wigmore Hall Evening of Schumann and Fauré
United Kingdom Schumann and Fauré: Isabelle Faust (violin), Katharine Gowers (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Steven Isserlis (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 17.11.2018. (AS)
Kramer’s Vision and Tilmans’s Unforgettable Photography Create a Powerful War Requiem
United Kingdom Britten: Emma Bell (soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Finchley Children’s Music Group, ENO War Requiem Ensemble (Porgy and Bess Ensemble and Chorus of English National Opera), Orchestra of English National Opera / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.11.2018. (CC)
For Only An Hour is Something Rather Memorably ‘Rich and Strange’
United Kingdom Sardoville’s For Only An Hour with Phil Sanger: The Blue Elephant Theatre, London, 16.11.2018. (JO’D)
Carlos Álvarez’s Doge has Grandeur and Stentorian Power in Moshinsky’s Royal Opera Boccanegra
United Kingdom Verdi, Simon Boccanegra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London 15.11.2018. (JPr)
The Strange Combo of Tchaikovsky and Ethel Smyth Proves Stimulating
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky and Ethel Smyth: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Duncan Rock (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 15.11.2018. (CC)
John Wilson Fails to Get Beneath the Surface of Walton’s First Symphony
United Kingdom Bennett, Gershwin and Walton: Louis Schwizgebel (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 15.11.2018. (AS)
Counterpoise Present a Flawed Alma Mahler and a Raging Bull Kokoschka
United Kingdom The Art of Love: Alma Mahler’s Life and Music and Kokoschka’s Doll: Hampstead Arts Festival, St. John’s Downshire Hill, 13.11.2018. (JPr)
Rozanna Madylus & Sir John Tomlinson © Tony Nandi