United Kingdom Prokofiev: Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 18.4.2016. (AS)
Alan Sanders
Sir Neville Marriner: Ninety-Two Years Young
United Kingdom Mozart, Bizet: Till Fellner (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields,/Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 15.4.2016. (AS)
Dudamel’s Excellent Messiaen Performance Marred by Distracting “Visual Aids”
United Kingdom Messiaen: Joanne Pearce Martin (piano), Andrew Bain (horn), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 23.3.2016. (AS)
Knussen and the BBCSO Introduce New Works by Schuller and Benjamin
United Kingdom Maxwell Davies, Schuller, Debussy, Benjamin and Stravinsky: Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.3.2016. (AS)
Compelling, Individual Pianism from Evgeny Kissin
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Albéniz, Larregla: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 10.3.2016 (AS)
Another Highly Enterprising Programme from Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Zemlinsky, Szymanowski: Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrzej Dobber (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra,/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 5.3.2016. (AS)
Akiko Suwanai Makes a Fine Impression in Beethoven
United Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven and Dvořák: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra,/Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 29.2.2016. (AS)
Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO Explore Shakespeare in Music
United Kingdom Smetana, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Strauss: Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 25.2.2016 (AS)