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Category: Concert

• Baroque Classical Music Concert Culture London Suite

  Bach Orchestral Suites: OAE at Queen Elizabeth Hall review ****

  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Margaret Faultless (director/violin), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Queen Elizabeth Hall, 14th May 2019 Okey dokey pig in a pokey. There has been a grumpy tone in the last few posts that the workshy Tourist, courtesy of an imagined pep talk from Pauline, is resolved to…

  June 1, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Culture London Symphony

  Herbert Blomstedt and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall review *****

  Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)  Royal Festival Hall, 14th April 2019 Mozart – Symphony No 40 K550 Beethoven – Symphony No 3 “Eroica” Bernard Haitink is 90. Herbert Blomstedt is closing in on his 92nd birthday. Unsurprisingly perhaps neither of them is particularly animated on the conductor’s podium. Mind you…

  April 26, 2019
• Baroque Church Classical Music Concert Culture London Passion Religion

  Bach St John Passion: OAE at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Rattle (conductor), Peter Sellars (director), Choir of the Enlightenment Royal Festival Hall, 2nd April 2019 JS Bach – St John Passion Camilla Tilling (soprano) Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Staples (tenor) Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist) Roderick Williams (baritone, Jesus) George Nigl (baritone) The Tourist, along with chum for the night…

  April 15, 2019
• Amsterdam Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Mozart and Beethoven chamber music for winds at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Alexander Melnikov (piano), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn) Wigmore Hall, 31st March 2019 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio in B minor K540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Ludwig van Beethoven – Horn Sonata in F Op.…

  April 14, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Concerto Contemporary Classical Culture Hungary London

  Ligeti Immersion Day at the Barbican review ****

  Ligeti Immersion Day, Guildhall Musicians, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Sofi Jeaninn (conductor), Augustin Hadelich (violin), Nicolas Hodges (piano) Milton Court Concert Hall, St Giles’ Cripplegate, Barbican Hall, 2nd March 2019 Not obligatory to illustrate the world of Gyorgy Ligeti with a “universe” picture. But given the…

  March 21, 2019
• Amsterdam Baroque Classical Music Concert Concerto Culture London Renaissance

  Lucie Horsch and the AAM at Milton Court review *****

  Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (harpsichord, director), Lucie Horsch (recorder)  Milton Court Concert Hall, 24th February 2019 Antonio Vivaldi – Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443 (arr in G major for recorder) JS Bach – Harpsichord Concerto No 3 in D major BW V1054 Giuseppe Sammartini – Recorder Concerto…

  March 15, 2019
• Baroque Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Concerto Culture London Suite Symphony

  Philippe Herreweghe and Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor),Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 21st February 2019 JS Bach – Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 Mozart – Symphony No.41 (Jupiter)  A rare opportunity to hear modern instruments tackle some core Baroque and Classical orchestral repertoire in an HIP style,…

  March 11, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London Minimalism

  Steve Reich: London Sinfonietta at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  London Sinfonietta, Synergy Vocals, Micaela Haslam, Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Sound Intermedia Royal Festival Hall, 12th February in 2019 Steve Reich Clapping Music Runner for Large Ensemble Music for 18 Musicians Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? The good thing, in this case, being the minimalist…

  March 3, 2019
• Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Piano trio and percussion at the Wigmore Hall review ***

  Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Inon Barnatan (piano), Colin Currie (percussion), Owen Gunnell (percussion), Sam Walton (percussion) Wigmore Hall, 11th February 2019 Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D Op. 70 No. 1 ‘Ghost’ Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 (arr. Eduard Steuermann for piano trio) Rolf Wallin – Realismos Mágicos Dmitry Shostakovich – Symphony No.…

  February 27, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture Hungary London Science Symphony

  Peter Eotvos and the Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ***

  Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Eötvös (conductor), Iveta Apkalna (organ), László Fassang (Hammond organ) Royal Festival Hall, 7th February 2019 Arnold Schoenberg – Accompaniment to an Imaginary Film Scene, Op. 34 Bela Bartok – Dance Suite Igor Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements Peter Eotvos – Multiversum A sort of panic purchase…

  February 22, 2019
• Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture Hungary London Photography

  Hungariana: Casals Quartet and Tamara Stefanovich at Milton Court review ****

  Casals Quartet, Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Gerald McBurney (creative director), Amelia Kosminsky (video designer) Hungaria, Milton Court Concert Hall, and 3rd February 2019 Gyorgy Kurtag Six moments musicaux Op 44 Jatekok excerpts Bela Bartok 14 Bagatelles Op 6 String Quartet No 3 Three Burlesques Op 8c Gyorgy Ligeti Etudes excerpts Musica…

  February 19, 2019
• Concert Contemporary Classical Culture Gigs History Industry London Minimalism Oratorio Pop/Rock/Indie Technology USA

  Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at King’s Place review *****

  Bang on a Can All Stars, BBC Singers, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) Kings Place Hall One, 19th January 2019 I had heard a few snippets of Julia Wolfe’s compositions but freely admit this was a bit of a leap into the unknown. Still what I had heard seemed interesting, I was keen…

  January 29, 2019