Chris Kettle – Seen and Heard International

A beguiling Viennese programme from Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Johann Strauss II, Berg, Brahms: Alena Baeva (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 22.1.2025. (CK)

Mark Wigglesworth conducts violinist Alena Baeva and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal © BSO

Bold programming and brilliant playing at the Romsey Chamber Music WinterFest

23/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival – WinterFest 2025: Laura Rickard (violin), Rainer Crosett (cello), Tomoki Park (piano). United Reformed Church, Romsey, 17-19.1.2025. (CK)

Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

18/01/202518/01/2025 by Chris Kettle

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)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony in Barbican Hall © Mark Allan

Mozart and Beamish: the Elias String Quartet with Robin Ireland cast a spell at Turner Sims

05/01/202508/12/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Mozart, Beamish: Elias String Quartet (Sara Bitlloch and Donald Grant [violin], Simone van der Giessen [viola], Marie Bitlloch [cello]), Robin Ireland (viola). Turner Sims, Southampton, 5.12.2024. (CK)

Light on A Dark Century from Andrey Boreyko and the LPO

30/11/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Schoenberg, Weinberg, Shostakovich: Gidon Kremer (violin), Alexander Roslavets (narrator/bass), London Philharmonic Choir (artistic director: Neville Creed), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrey Boreyko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.11.2024. (CK)

Andrey Boreyko conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a rehearsal for *A Dark Century* © LPO

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A beguiling Viennese programme from Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony

Bold programming and brilliant playing at the Romsey Chamber Music WinterFest

Intense, all-encompassing Mahler from Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

Mozart and Beamish: the Elias String Quartet with Robin Ireland cast a spell at Turner Sims

Light on A Dark Century from Andrey Boreyko and the LPO

Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth SO: a bright future beckons

To boldly go: spectacular celestial sounds from the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra

Brandenburgs on the road: a moveable feast from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment