Work: Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, (Death is the Cool Night), Op.96 no.1

A program of Schumann and Brahms fails to cohere due to fussy mannerisms and tentative playing. 

British lyric tenor Ian Bostridge presents an outstanding Schubert recital with his regular partner Julius Drake. 

Marian Anderson, the famed African-American contralto, once remarked of Kathleen Ferrier, “My God, what a voice – and what a face!” This concert was a Centenary Celebration of Ferrier’s art at the Wigmore Hall, and I reflected (not for the first time) how aptly Anderson’s words could also apply to Alice Coote, the evening’s distinguished soloist.