Hallé Orchestra, Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
The connection between Verdi’s Overture to Luisa Miller and Mozart’s G major Piano Concerto No.17 may not immediately have been apparent but a few pages of both quickly pointed up operatic common ground. The curtain was duly…
Elgar “The Kingdom”, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Elder, Barbican Hall
Elgar’s The Kingdom arrives in the heat of inspiration on a surge of orchestral magnificence. A glorious theme representing “New Faith” is announced in the strings, as noble and aspirational as anything Elgar wrote. If his own…
Philharmonia Orchestra, Capucon, Norrington, Royal Festival Hall
These days Sir Roger Norrington tends to stop, look, and listen rather than get stuck in; it’s almost as if it is someone else’s performance and not his own that he is enjoying. While the hive of…