United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Payare (conductor)] Royal Festival Hall, London. 8.10.2015. (LB)
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Angela Hewitt Gets the 2015/16 International Piano Series off to a Great Start
United Kingdom Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven, Liszt. Angela Hewitt (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.10.2015 (CC)
More Satisfying Ending for BalletBoyz’ Revised Young Men
United Kingdom Keaton Henson, Young Men: BalletBoyz, Sadler’s Wells, London, 6.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Dresden’s “Other” Orchestra Makes its Mark in London
United Kingdom Wagner, Rachmaninov, Brahms: Andrei Korobeinikov (piano), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Sanderling (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 5.10.2015 (AS)
A Stimulating Recital from Jane Sheldon and Zubin Kanga
United Kingdom Berg, Schoenberg, Sdraulig, Lachenmann: Jane Sheldon (soprano), Zubin Kanga (piano). Performance Space, City University, London, 6.10.2015 (MB)
Magdalena Kožená’s Recital at the Wigmore Hall: A Mixed Pleasure
United Kingdom Schumann, Wolf, Dvořák, Schoenberg: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 5.10.2015 (MB)
The Wihan String Quartet’s Compelling 30th Anniversary Celebration
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven: Wihan Quartet (Leoš Čepicky & Jan Schulmeister [violins], Jakub Čepicky [viola], Aleš Kasprík [cello]), King’s Place London, 4.10.2015 (CS)
An Inspiring Barbican Recital from Natalie Dessay
United Kingdom Schubert, Mendelssohn, Duparc, Fauré, Liszt, Bizet: Natalie Dessay (soprano), Phillipe Cassard (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 2.10.2015 (GD)