Ireland Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Lise de la Salle (piano), National Symphony Orchestra / Diego Maltheuz (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 17.1.2025. (RB)
NSO’s memorable Shostakovich Seventh Symphony performance in Dublin
Month: January 2025
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Haydn, Kurtág, and Adams in a welcome return to the LPO
United Kingdom On the Transmigration of Souls – Haydn, Kurtág, Adams: Anna Devin (soprano), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano), Rupert Charlesworth (tenor), Trevor Eliot Bowes (bass), Tiffin Youth Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Jonathan Green (sound designer), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.1.2025. (CC)
Cologne Opera’s new production confirms Nabucco as a masterpiece
Germany Verdi, Nabucco: Soloists, Chorus and Extras of Cologne Opera. Gürzenich-Orchestra / Sestro Quatrini (conductor). StaatenHaus Saal 1, Cologne, 12.1.2025. (DM-D)
Erina Takahashi is bidding farewell as an ENB dancer in their delicate and poignant Giselle
United Kingdom Mary Skeaping’s Giselle: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland(conductor), London Coliseum, 15.1.2025. (JO’D)
Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony’s Barbican Hall musical journey from Venezuela to Russia
United Kingdom Odisea – Lorenz, Grau, Tchaikovsky: Jorge Glem (Venezuelan cuatro), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (CC)
John Adams’s new piano concerto sashays with flair in world premiere with the San Francisco Symphony
United States Ives, Adams, Orff: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Susanna Phillips (soprano), Arnold Livingston Geis (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Girls Chorus (director: Valérie Saint-Agathe), San Francisco Symphony / David Robertson (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.1.2025. (HS)
Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
United Kingdom Mahler: Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Tiffin Choirs children’s choir, London Symphony Chorus, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15.1.2025. (CK)
Somewhat mixed bag of Mendelssohn and Liszt Lieder from Lucy Crowe and Karim Sulayman
United Kingdom Mendelssohn and Liszt: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Karim Sulayman (tenor), Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.1.2025. (MB)
