United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2017. (MB)
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A Rewarding Weekend as the BBC Celebrates Philip Glass at Eighty
United Kingdom Total Immersion: Philip Glass at 80: Barbican, London, 28 & 29.1.2017. (CC)
Concert Confirms Greatness of Martha Argerich, Yuri Temirkanov and St Petersburg Philharmonic
United Kingdom Khachaturian, Prokofiev & Shostkovich: Martha Argerich (piano), St Petersburg Philharmonic / Yuri Temirkanov (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2017. (GD)
Chloë Hanslip Shines in the Sibelius Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Sibelius: Chloë Hanslip (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexander Shelley (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 25.1.2017. (RB)
Much to Admire in an Intense Programme from Elisabeth Leonskaja
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.1.2017. (CC)
The City of London Sinfonia and Friends Dance with the Devil for Burns Night
United Kingdom CLoSer – The Devil’s Violin & Burns Night Ceilidh: City of London Sinfonia / Alexandra Wood (violin/director), Henry Webster (folk fiddler), Dan Walsh (banjo), Licence to Ceilidh, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 25.1.2017. (CS)
Jurowski’s Revelatory Account of Vaughan Williams’s Last Symphony
United Kingdom Kancheli, Martinů and Vaughan Williams: Isabelle van Keulen (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 25.1.2017. (AS)
Emanuel Rimoldi has something fresh to say and it’s worth hearing
United Kingdom Mozart, Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninov: Emanuel Rimoldi (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.1.2017. (CS)