United Kingdom Hass, Beethoven, Shostakovich: Jonathan Biss (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 31.1.2025. (KMcD)
A night of power and precision from Jakub Hrůša and the BBC SO at the Barbican Hall
Month: February 2025
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Iveta Apkalna bring his Sinfonia concertante to life in its Chicago debut
United States R. Strauss, Salonen, Bartók: Iveta Apkalna (organ), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 30.1.2025. (ZC)
Many delights in a Cadogan Hall concert of music from 1775 by The Mozartists
United Kingdom Ordonez, Hasse, Mozart, Haydn, and Benda: Alexandra Lowe (soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 29.1.2025. (MB)
Joyce DiDonato’s surprise appearance as William Christie celebrates his eightieth birthday at Carnegie Hall
United States Charpentier, Lully, Rameau: Ana Vieira Leite (soprano), Rebecca Leggett, Juliette May (mezzo-sopranos), Richard Pittsinger, Bastien Rimondi (tenors), Matthieu Walendzik (baritone), Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (artistic director and conductor). Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.1.2025. (RP)
Lise Davidsen is delightfully diva-ish in Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s ironic Vienna Ariadne auf Naxos
Austria Richard Strauss, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Jasmina Eleta) from the Vienna State Opera, 28.1.2025. (JPr)
Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman evoke the moon’s melodic and mysterious sides in Cardiff
United Kingdom Various: Laura van der Heijden (cello) and Jâms Coleman (piano). Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 31.1.2025. (LJ)
A poetic and transcendent performance of Los Angeles Ballet’s Memoryhouse
United States Max Richter (composer), Melissa Barak (choreographer), Memoryhouse: Dancers of Los Angeles Ballet. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 30,1.2025. (JRo)
Emelyanychev and the SCO summon up the dynamism and energy to hold a programme of extremes together
United Kingdom MacMillan, Widmann, Adams: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 30.1.2025. (SRT)
