Chris Kettle – Page 11 – Seen and Heard International

Visionary Vaughan Williams and monumental Brahms from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

23/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Brahms, Vaughan Williams: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 21.2.2024. (CK)

Karl-Heinz Steffens in rehearsal with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © BSO

The cold beauty of a winter sky: Emilia Hoving and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra play Saariaho

16/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Saariaho, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Ning Feng (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Emilia Hoving (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole 14.2.2024. (CK)

Emilia Hoving rehearsing with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera

12/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)

Peter Furlong (Siegfried) and Catharine Woodward (Brünnhilde) © Steve Gregson

Great performance and partnership: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

10/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov: Louise Alder (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.2.2024. (CK)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © RPO

Gently revelatory Coleridge-Taylor symphony from Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall

06/02/202405/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)

William Campbell plays Saint-Saëns’s *Organ Symphony* with the Chineke! Orchestra © Chuko Cribb

Jac van Steen and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra give a thrilling account of Smetana’s Má vlast

01/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Smetana: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Portsmouth Guildhall, 25.1.2024. (CK)

Jac van Steen conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Outstanding chamber music-making returns to Romsey

24/02/202429/01/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Dutilleux, Weiner, Schumann, Haydn, Webern, Beethoven: RCMF Quartet (Luke Hsu and Laura Rickard [violin], Marthe Husum [viola] and Rainer Crosett [cello]). URC Church, Romsey, 19.1.2024 and 21.1.2024. (CK)

Earth-shaking Alpine Symphony from Sir Mark Elder and the National Youth Orchestra at the Barbican

06/01/2024 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Howard, Smetana, R. Strauss: National Youth Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Barbican Hall, London 4.1.2024. (CK)

Sir Mark Elder conducts the National Youth Orchestra at the Barbican Hall © Benjamin Ealovega

Page 11 of 15
<
1
...
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
>