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Category: Concert

• Church Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London

  Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at Milton Court review ****

  Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putnins (conductor) Milton Court Concert Hall, 30th January 2018 Arvo Part Solfeggio Summa Magnificat Zwei Beter The Woman With the Alabaster Box Nunc dimittis Dopo la vittoria Cyrillus Kreek Onnis on inimene (Blessed is the Man) Psalm 104 Jonathan Harvey Plainsongs for Peace and Light…

  February 8, 2018
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture Early Music London Renaissance

  Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall review *****

  Britten Sinfonia Wigmore Hall, 24th January 2018 Heinrich Biber – Mystery Sonata No 1 “The Annunciation” Philip Glass – Orbit Leo Chadburn – Five Loops for the Bathyscaphe Arvo Part – Spiegel am Spiegel WA Mozart – Piano Trio No 3 K502 There is something of the spirit of punk…

  January 30, 2018
• Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London

  Colin Currie Group at Kings Place review ****

  Colin Currie Group Kings Place, 20th January 2018 Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood New York Counterpoint Mallet Quartet Drumming Part 1 Vermont Counterpoint Quartet (2013) So off to Kings Place for another immersion into the sound world of Steve Reich guided by his finest living advocates (probably), the…

  January 29, 2018
• Classical Music Concert London

  Twentieth Century Masters: LSO at the Barbican review ****

  London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Isabelle Faust Barbican Hall, 14th January 2018 Janacek – Overture: From the House of the Dead Elliott Carter – Instances Berg – Violin Concerto Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra Back to the Barbican for another round with Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO, though this…

  January 19, 2018
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Rameau to Mahler: LSO at the Barbican review ***

  London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kozena Barbican Hall, 11th January 2017 Schubert – Symphony No 8 Unfinished Mahler – Ruckert Lieder Handel – Three Arias Rameau – Les Boreades Suite Now I admit I hummed and harred about this particular gig. I am as excited as the next person…

  January 17, 2018
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London

  Peter Wispelwey (cellist) at Kings Place review ****

  Peter Wispelwey, cello Cello Unwrapped: Bach Through Time Concert III. Kings Place Hall 1, 8th December 2017 JS Bach – Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV 1007 Benjamin Britten – Cello Suite No 3, Op 87 Gyorgy Ligeti – Sonata for solo cello JS Bach – Cello Suite No…

  December 27, 2017
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Bach and Telemann: Academy of Ancient Music at Milton Court review *****

  Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic (director and violin), Rachel Brown (flute and recorder), Rachel Beckett (recorder), Alistair Ross (harpsichord)  Bach and Telemann: Reversed Fortunes, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7th December 2017 I see I am now close to being a Academy of Ancient Music groupie. Not in a sinister…

  December 13, 2017
• Classical Music Concert Culture London Renaissance

  The Cardinal’s Musick at Wigmore Hall review ****

  The Cardinal’s Musick, Andrew Carwood (director) Wigmore Hall, 4th December 2017 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594) – Missa Hodie Christus natus est Anon – Gaudete, Hail Mary full of grace, Quem Pastores, Salutation Carol Jacob Handl (1550-1591) – Mirabile mysterium Richard Pygott (c.1485-1549) – Quid petis O fili Tomás Luis…

  December 11, 2017
• Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican review *****

  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Yefim Bronfman (piano) Barbican Hall, 24th November 2017 Beethoven – Piano Concerto No 4 Prokofiev – Symphony No 5 Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony, Chicago Symphony. These are the orchestras usually held up as the world’s best. The smart money though also…

  December 2, 2017