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Nature, Life, Love – and a dazzling pianist – as the Hallé's Dvořák festival opens

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Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 5 May 2016
Dvořák, 5 Moravian Duets, Op.32 (Nos 1, 9, 12 and 5)
Dvořák, Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.33
Dvořák, In Nature's Realm (V prírode) Overture, Op.91
Dvořák, Carnival Overture, Op.92
Dvořák, Othello: Overture, Op.93
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
The Hallé Youth Choir
Ladies of the Hallé Youth Choir
Richard Wilberforce, Choirmaster / chorus director
Paul Janes, Piano
Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams
****1
Concertos – for violin and for orchestra – from the Hallé
*****
Nico Muhly’s vision of the end of the world comes to Sheffield
****1
Avant-garde echoes meet minimalist soundscapes in Hallé concert
****1
Celestial journeys with Kahchun Wong and the Hallé
***11
The Hallé brings Salonen, Grieg and Sibelius to Sheffield
****1
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