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Showing posts with label concert review. Show all posts
Monday, 14 September 2026

Seeing & hearing: Ben Goldscheider plays Brian Elias's Touching the Quick as part of Anish Kapoor exhibition at Hayward Gallery

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Brian Elias: Touching the Quick - Ben Goldscheider at the Anish Kapoor exhibition, Hayward Gallery Brian Elias: Touching the Quick ; Ben Go...
Sunday, 6 September 2026

Here Comes Everybody: composer Alastair White begins his Finnegans Wake project with an overture at London Irish Centre with Ensemble Exposé & Roger Redgate

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A drawing of Joyce (with eyepatch) by Djuna Barnes from 1922, the year in which Joyce began the 17-year task of writing Finnegans Wake Alast...
Saturday, 5 September 2026

By turns illuminating & compelling: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on terrific form in Britten & Vaughan Williams at the BBC Proms

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Britten: Violin Concerto - Simone Lamsma, Andrew Manze, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic - BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/ Chris Christodoulou) Vaughan...
Saturday, 22 August 2026

Intriguing connections in Anja Bihlmaier & BBC Philharmonic's Prom including Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jamie Barton & Clay Hilley, yet perhaps better heard on BBC Sounds

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Jamie Barton, Anja Bihlmaier, BBC Philharmonic BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Cristodoulo...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

Memories are made of this: Tugan Sokhiev & Vienna Philharmonic in Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet, plus Debussy & Ravel with Lang Lang in Salzburg

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Tugan Sokhiev, Vienna Philharmonic - Salzburg Festival (Photo: Marco Borrelli) Ravel: Piano Concerto in G , Debussy: La Mer , Prokofiev: Rom...
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

A meaty, not to say tough programme: Sakari Oramo, Guy Johnston & BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's Cello Symphony, Turnage premiere & Sibelius at the BBC Proms

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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen Suite - Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra - BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Mark Allan) Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen ...
Saturday, 25 July 2026

Virtuosity & discipline: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London in Respighi's Roman trilogy & Walton's Cello Concerto

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Walton: Cello Concerto - Jonathan Aasgaard, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodo...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Style & enjoyment: John Wilson & Sinfonia of London bring Cheltenham Music Festival to a close with a light music programme culminating in Eric Coates's rarity Cinderella

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John Wilson & Sinfonia of London at Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham Music Festival (Photo: Still Moving Media for Cheltenham Festivals)...
Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Concertos for friends: Colin Currie in Tansy Davies, Tamsin Waley-Cohen in Freya Waley-Cohen with BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Kevin John Edusei at Aldeburgh Festival

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Tansy Davies: Earthworks - Colin Currie, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kevin John Edusei (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) John Adams: Short R...
Sunday, 21 June 2026

From Young Apollo to the Cello Symphony to the Poet's Echo to Phaedra: the range of Britten's composing career explored by Britten Sinfonia at Aldeburgh Festival alongside new works

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Genevieve Lacey, Gemma New, Britten Sinfonia, Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Steve (Stelios) Adam: et døgn (one day), Lisa...
Thursday, 18 June 2026

American themes at Aldeburgh: Tony Cooper enjoys a quartet by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson & an absorbing orchestral programme highlighting Elizabeth Ogonek.

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Sphinx Piano Quintet: Nathan Amaral, Elena Urioste, Celia Hatton, Sterling Elliott, Amiri Harewood - Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: BPA) Perkins...
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Truly captivating: bass baritone Nicola Alaimo & pianist Carlo Rizzi celebrate Opera Rara's Donizetti Song Project with songs by Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini & Mercadante

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Carlo Rizzi & Nicola Alaimo at Wigmore Hall (Photo: Russell Duncan) Donizetti & Friends: Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Mercadante; N...
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

A day at Aldeburgh: Lise Davidsen's Aldeburgh Festival début in Schubert and Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande semi-staged

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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande - Myrna Tennant, Camilla Seale, Phoebe Rayner - Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) Schubert: Gretchen a...
Monday, 15 June 2026

Vocal fireworks & extreme emotions: Franco Fagioli & the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles in music written for the castrato Velluti

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Franco Fagioli with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles & Stefan Plewniak in Divonne-les-Bains in April 2026 (Photo: Jean-Chris...
Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Strauss & Korngold: little known works by well-known composers in passionate performances from Francesca Dego & Alessandro Taverna at Conway Hall

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Alessandro Taverna & Francesca Dego Korngold:  Violin Sonata , Schoenberg:  Phantasy , Richard Strauss:  Violin Sonata ; Francesca Dego,...
Monday, 1 June 2026

A remarkable combination of headlong energy with care & attention: Igor Levit & Leonkoro Quartet in Schumann's Piano Quintet at Wigmore Hall's 125 Anniversary Festival

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Schumann: Piano Quintet - Igor Levit, Leonkoro Quartet - Wigmore Hall (Photo: Tom Wright/Wigmore Hall) Henriëtte Bosmans : String Quartet ,...
Tuesday, 26 May 2026

A couple of memorable concerts in this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival were delivered by the Britten Sinfonia and Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.

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Britten: Les Illuminations - Elizabeth Watts & Britten Sinfonia at Kings Place, London (Photo: Shoël Stadlen) Britten: Young Apollo ,...
Friday, 22 May 2026

Each song a story to be told: James Newby & Malcolm Martineau's Shipping Forecast at SongEasel in Elephant & Castle

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SongEasel at St Matthew's Church, Elephant & Castle Jocelyn Freeman The Shipping Forecast - Elgar: Sea Pictures , Chabrier, Duparc...

Every detail mattered: Basel Chamber Orchestra & Vilde Frang in Bach, Mendelssohn & Grieg at Wigmore Hall

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Kammerorchester Basel (Photo: Matthias Mueller) Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 4 & 10 , Bach; Violin concerto in A minor, Violin co...
Friday, 15 May 2026

Sheer joy & plenty of welly: the marimbas of The Wave Quartet join the Academy of Ancient Music for Bach concertos & more

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Rhythm Across Time    -  Bach:  Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV1065, Concerto in C major for two harpsichords, BWV1061 , Bert...