United Kingdom Smalley, Mozart, Vasks, Shostakovich: Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti (soloist/director) Nathan Braude (viola) Milton Court Concert Hall, London. 13.3.2017. (LB)
London
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Plays a 1899 Bechstein in a Recital with a Strong Sense of Linkage
United Kingdom Liszt, Skryabin, Debussy, Julian Anderson, Nikolay Obukhov: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2017. (GD)
The LSO Welcome Christian Tetzlaff and Susanna Mälkki at Short Notice
United Kingdom Brahms and Strauss: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Barbican Concert Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 12.3.2017. (AS)
A Dynamic and Arresting Recital by the Pacifica Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, Shostakovich, Ravel: Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra & Sigurbjörn Bernhardsson [violins], Masumi Per Rostad [viola], Brandon Vamos [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 10.3.2017. (CS)
Pappano, Chorus and Orchestra Excel in Holten’s Farewell Die Meistersinger at Covent Garden
United Kingdom Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 11.3.2017. (JPr)
IN MEMORIAM ROGER JONES (1942-2017)
ROGER JONES (1942-2017)
Roland Jones, Roger’s brother, has forwarded the sad news that Roger – a former UK editor of Seen and Heard International – died in February whilst on holiday in Botswana.
A Thoroughly Enjoyable Concert by the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Haydn, Bruch, Popper, Gulda, Piazzolla: Alexandra Stychkina (piano), Danielle Akta (cello), Denis Shulgin (violin), Lev Lomdin (violin), Georgy Tsay (violin), Evgeny Stambolsky (violin), Nikita Vlasov (accordion), Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra / Vladimir Spivakov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2017. (RB)
ETO Begin their Spring Tour and Bring Tosca to the Hackney Empire
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists and Ensemble of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Hackney Empire, London. 9.3.2017. (JPr)
