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Month: April 2023

Wynton Marsalis’s trumpet concerto premieres in Cleveland

30/04/2023 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States Eastman, Marsalis, Dvořák: Michael Sachs (trumpet), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 28.4.2023. (MSJ)

Michael Sachs plays Marsalis’s Concerto for Trumpet with the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni

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Stile Antico celebrates William Byrd with supreme artistry in New York

06/05/202330/04/2023 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Various, ‘England’s Nightingale: The Remarkable Music of William Byrd’: Stile Antico, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York, 29.4.2023. (RP)

Stile Antico © Kaupo Kikkas

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s remarkable recital at the QEH connects musical threads across centuries

30/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various, Piano Fantasies: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 8.4.2023. (CC)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard © Lars Krabbe

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Itzhak Perlman shares warm stories during his evening in Akron

30/04/202329/04/2023 by Mark S Jordan

United StatesUnited States ‘An Evening with Itzhak Perlman’: Itzhak Perlman (violin), Rohan De Silva (piano). Presented by Tuesday Musical’s Akron Concert Series, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron, 27.4.2023. (MSJ)

‘An Evening with Itzhak Perlman’

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Adventurous recital programme, outstandingly performed by Claron McFadden and Alexander Melnikov

29/04/2023 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Claron McFadden (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2023. (MB)

Claron McFadden © Erik de Jong

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Stephen Hough stars with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in wise and insightful Rachmaninoff

29/04/2023 by Nick Barnard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Thorvaldsdottir, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky: Sir Stephen Hough (piano), Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). The Anvil, Basingstoke, 28.4.2023. (NB)

Eva Ollikainen conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra

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Saariaho’s Innocence at Covent Garden is music of our time at its most powerful

29/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Saariaho, Innocence (2018): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 26.4.2023. (CC)

A scene from Innocence  © Tristram Kenton

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Randall Goosby wows in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia

28/04/2023 by John Rhodes

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Randall Goosby (violin). Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.4.2023. (JR)

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conducts the Philharmonia © Sisi Burn

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