Dvořák, Janáček: Takács Quartet with Graham Mitchell (double bass), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.2.2014
London
A Lively Evening with Nigel Kennedy
United Kingdom Bach Plus (Bach meets Kennedy): Nigel Kennedy and musicians. Basildon Towngate, Basildon, Essex, 26.2.2014. (JPr)
Black and Asian Dancers Steeped in Classical Ballet Tradition
United Kingdom Limbo, Two of a Kind, A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream: Ballet Black, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 26.02.2014 (JO’D)
Exceptional Playing from one of the Great Masters of the Piano.
United Kingdom Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, Richard Goode (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 24.02.14 (RB)Yuja Wang: Impressive Surface Virtuosity but the Depths as yet Unplumbed
United Kingdom Rachmaninov and Stravinsky: Yuja Wang (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 20.2.2014 (CS)
An Unusual Pairing of Works in the Andris Nelsons Brahms Cycle
United Kingdom Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (viola) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (c0onductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.2.2014. (JPr)
An Impressive Debut for Huw Watkins’ Flute Concerto
United Kingdom Watkins and Mahler: Adam Walker (flute), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.2.2014 (MB)
ENOS’s Peter Grimes Makes the Big Screen
United Kingdom Britten,Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Operas / Edward Gardner (conductor), screened at Duke of York Cinema, Brighton, 23.2.14 (RB)