John Tomlinson/Christopher Glynn review - direct and dramatic Schubert and thrilling Wagner

Wigmore Hall, London
The British bass’s recital of Schubert’s Schwanengesang was absorbing and - at its best - formidable and questing.Age does not wither Sir John Tomlinson. In fact it sometimes seems to make the British bass, who is beginning to resemble Brahms in old age, a more questing artist than ever.On the opera stage, with an orchestra to compete with, the years have begun to show in the huge voice. Yet here, pacing around the Wigmore platform to vary the dramatic effect, wi