Wozzeck, Johannes Martin Kränzle; Drum Major, Dmitry Golovnin; Captain, Jörg Schneider; Doctor, Dmitry Belosselskiy; Marie, Marlis Petersen. Conductor, Franz Welser-Möst; Director, Simon Stone; Designer, Bob Cousins; Costumes, Alice Babidge; Lighting, James Farncombe I spent an interesting morning at the Central Cemetery visiting musical graves – found after a bit of an effort on my partContinue reading “Berg, Wozzeck: Wiener Staatsoper, 9/4/26”
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Roderick Williams song recital, Wigmore Hall, 6/4/26
Songs from Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin D795 plus Butterworth, Loveliest of trees; Trimble, Green Rain; Vaughan Williams, The vagabond; Boyle, A Song of Enchantment; Finzi, Overlooking the River; Vaughan Williams, The Water Mill; Clarke, Down by the salley gardens; Head, Tewkesbury Road; Vaughan Williams, Silent Noon; Quilter, Brown is my love; Finzi, He abjures love; Continue reading “Roderick Williams song recital, Wigmore Hall, 6/4/26”
Fibonacci Quartet, Sheffield Upper Chapel, 28/3/26
Beethoven String Quartet Op.18 No.1; Bartók String Quartet No.5; Schumann String Quartet No.3 in A I heard the Fibonacci Quartet a few years ago at a City of London church lunchtime recital. They then seemed quite new and untested on the scene – but, in fact, I realise having looked at their website they haveContinue reading “Fibonacci Quartet, Sheffield Upper Chapel, 28/3/26”
Walton, Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall. 12/3/26
Halle Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan conductor, Tine Thing Helseth trumpet. Britten Courtly Dances from Gloriana; Nico Muhly Doom Painting (Hallé co-commission / UK premiere); Walton Symphony No.1. This was an interesting programme in prospect. I have a lot of time for Alpesh Chauhan as a conductor since I heard his RhineGold for Birmingham Opera in JulyContinue reading “Walton, Halle Orchestra, Bridgewater Hall. 12/3/26”
Andras Schiff, Wigmore Hall, 4/3/26
The programme to be announced from the stage It is one of the fascinating things nowadays of attending Andras Schiff’s recitals that he wants what he plays to be a surprise and nothing is known beforehand of what he will perform. Of course, it is also true that what he tends to perform recently –Continue reading “Andras Schiff, Wigmore Hall, 4/3/26”
Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Wigmore Hall 23/2/26
Anthony Marwood violin; Coleman Itzkoff cello; Aleksandar Madžar piano. Shostakovich, Violin Sonata Op. 134; Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A minor Op. 50 As i travelled to London for an evening Wigmore Hall concert, prior to moving on the next day to Paris, I found myself thinking about the dire state of British politics. In frontContinue reading “Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Wigmore Hall 23/2/26”
Thyrsus Trio: St Pancras Church, lunchtime, 19/2/26
Thyrsus Trio, Schubert Trio No. 1 in B-flat major D.898 The thyrsus, a quick check with Wikipedia suggests, is a kind of staff used in rituals “ typically associated with the Greek god Dionysus (and his subsequent Roman equivalent Bacchus) as a symbol of prosperity, fertility, and hedonism.”. It has to be said that StContinue reading “Thyrsus Trio: St Pancras Church, lunchtime, 19/2/26”
Weill/Brecht: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. ENO, 18/2/26
André de Ridder, conductor; Jamie Manton, director; Milla Clarke, designer; DM Wood, lighting designer. Cast: Rosie Aldridge, Leokadja Begbick; Kenneth Kellogg, Trinity Moses; Mark Le Brocq Fatty the Bookkeeper; Richard Trey Smagur, Jimmy MacIntyre; Alex Otterburn, Bank-Account Billy; Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Jack O’Brien; David Shipley, Alaska Wolf Joe; Danielle de Niese, Jenny Smith; Zwakele Tshabalala,Continue reading “Weill/Brecht: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. ENO, 18/2/26”
Consone Quartet, Music in the Round, Sheffield Crucible – 10/2/26
C Schumann (Arr. Tress) Three Romances; Mozart String Quartet in C ‘Dissonance’; Schubert String Quartet No.13 ‘Rosamunde’ The Corsone Quartet I thought I’d heard before and a bit of digging around my memory and the internet reminded me that I had heard them play some Mendelssohn chamber music in Sheffield about 18 months ago, andContinue reading “Consone Quartet, Music in the Round, Sheffield Crucible – 10/2/26”
Bruckner, RLPO, Hindoyan – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 6/2/26
Schubert: Overture, Rosamunde; Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No 1; Bruckner, Symphony no 6. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Domingo Hindoyan; Guy Johnston, cello It must be nearly 10 years since I last heard Bruckner 6 live (in the distinguished hands of Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle, at the RAH Proms), so I was keen to goContinue reading “Bruckner, RLPO, Hindoyan – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, 6/2/26 “
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