2023 – Seen and Heard International

Itzhak Perlman shares warm stories during his evening in Akron

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

United 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)

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

29/04/2023 by Mark Berry

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

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

29/04/2023 by Nick Barnard

United 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

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

29/04/2023 by Colin Clarke

United 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

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

28/04/2023 by John Rhodes

United 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

More memorable Shostakovich from Mark Wigglesworth and the SCO

28/04/2023 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Britten, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.4.2023. (SRT)

Tristan und Isolde in Madrid – a great conductor and outstanding protagonists

28/04/2023 by José Irurzun

Spain Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (concert performance): Teatro Real Men’s Chorus and Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 25.4.2023. (JMI)

Royal drama and exemplary Mahler: the London Philharmonic under Edward Gardner on best form

27/04/2023 by John Rhodes

United Kingdom Brett Dean, Mahler: Emma Bell (soprano), Elsa Dreisig (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.4.2023. (JR)

Edward Gardner conducts Elsa Dreisig, Emma Bell, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra © LPO

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