United Kingdom Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 25.6.2025. (CC)
Truly commanding Barbican Hall playing from Evgeny Kissin
Colin Clarke
A simply superb Wigmore Hall recital by Nicolas Namoradze
United Kingdom Scriabin, Bach, Beethoven: Nicolas Namoradze (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.6.2025. (CC)
Unforgettable Thaxted recital: place, music, Chance and Carr in perfect congruence
United Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2025 [2] – Love and Loss: Music for Countertenor & Lute: Songs by Dowland, Danyel, Rosseter, Campion, Purcell, Blow and Cynthia Harper. Alexander Chance (countertenor), Toby Carr (lute). Thaxted Parish Church, 22.6.2025. (CC)
Thaxted programming at the highest level: Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez’s My Father’s Son
United Kingdom Thaxted Music Festival 2025 [1] – My Father’s Son: Nicky Spence (tenor), Dylan Perez (piano). Thaxted Parish Church, Essex, 22.6.2025. (CC)
Fabulous Mozartists’s Wigmore Hall concert of repertoire both little-known and really rather unknown
United Kingdom MOZART250 – Rachel Podger plays Mozart: Rachel Podger (violin), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.6.2024. (CC)
Britten and Shostakovich from Hadelich, Sanderling and the Dresden Phil proves great programming
Germany Dresden Music Festival [2] – Britten, Shostakovich: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra / Michael Sanderling (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 13.6.2025. (CC)
Instructional, yet totally musically satisfying Heine settings from Appl and Baillieu in Dresden
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2025 [1] – Heinrich Heine. Paris. Musik: Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano), Barbara Auer and Jens Harzer (narrators), Helmut Butzmann (concept). Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, Germany, 12.6.2025. (CC)
Momen’s playing at Wigmore Hall was radiant and she remains, as much as ever, a name to watch
United Kingdom Schubert, Byrd: Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.6.2025. (CC)
