L’Amour Triomphe: Rachel Podger Leads RAM Baroque Soloists to Triumph and Joy
07/05/2018
Rameau, Telemann, Gluck: Rachel Podger (violin), Royal Academy of Music Baroque Soloists, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2018. (CS)
Miss Puvigne as The Living Statue, in Pigmalion
1748 (colour engraving), French School, (18th century)
Private Collection/The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman Images
Dudamel Leads the Fascinating Final Day of the LA Phil Barbican Residency
06/05/2018
Tuning into Change: LA Phil Rehearsal and Concert II: Márquez (rehearsal), Bernstein, Beethoven: John Holiday (counter-tenor), Julianna Di Giacomo (soprano), Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo), Michael König (tenor), Soloman Joward (bass), London Symphony Chorus, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.5.2018. (CC)
The LA Phil, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), London Symphony Chorus & soloists
(c) Mark Allan
Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Penderecki’s Second Concerto with Stunning Authority and Insight
06/05/2018
Panufnik, Penderecki, Prokofiev: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Łukasz Borowicz (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.5.2018. (CS)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (c) Monika Höfler
More Welsh Premieres in Cardiff
05/05/2018
Anniversary Finale and Composers Spotlight: Ensemble Cymru. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 4.5.2018. (PCG)
Ensemble Cymru
Virtuosity and High Decibels from the Los Angeles Philharmonic
04/05/2018
Salonen, Varèse, Shostakovich: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.5.2018. (CC)
The LA Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) (c) Mark Allan/Barbican
SCO Make Mozart and Poulenc Sparkle
04/05/2018
Mozart and Poulenc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Piotr Anderszewski (director/piano), Stephanie Gonley (director/violin), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 3.5.2018. (SRT) Read more
An Imaginative Programme Marvellously Executed by Pavel Kolesnikov
02/05/2018
Lachenmann, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Bach, Louis Couperin, and Schumann: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30.4.2018. (MB) Read more
Simon Rattle Returns to Birmingham with a Memorable Mahler Ninth
02/05/2018
Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1.5.2018. (JQ)
Sir Simon Rattle (c) Oliver Helbig
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