United Kingdom Sibelius, Say, Dvořák: Fazil Say (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.11.2025. (AV-E)
Earthshaking Piano Concerto from Fazil Say and the Philharmonia Orchestra
Alexander Verney-Elliott
Elegant Elgar from Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the RFH
United Kingdom Elgar: Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.11.2025. (AV-E)
The great BRSO play a transfixing Janáček Taras Bulba, and a transcending Bruckner Seven
United Kingdom Janáček, Bruckner: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.11.2025. (AV-E)
Philharmonia Orchestra’s triumphant 80th birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall
United Kingdom Sibelius, Lindberg, Shostakovich: Christian Lindberg (trombone), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2025. (AV-E)
The LPO’s exhilarating Mozart 25th Piano Concerto, anticlimactic Rachmaninov Second Symphony
United Kingdom Mozart, Rachmaninov: Paul Lewis (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.10.2025. (AV-E)
BBC SO’s shivering Schnittke, shattering Shostakovich
United Kingdom Schnittke, Shostakovich: Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.10.2025. (AV-E)
Philharmonia Orchestra’s Saint-Saëns suffers from organ failure
United Kingdom Ortiz, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Olivier Latry (organ), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, 25.9.2025. (AV-E)
Scintillating Seong-Jin Cho’s paradigm performance of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with the LSO
United Kingdom Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 18.9.2025. (AV-E)
