United Kingdom Gershwin, Harris, Adams: Kirill Gerstein (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.3.2024. (CK)
Potent mix of Americana, served up by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO
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Visionary Vaughan Williams and monumental Brahms from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Brahms, Vaughan Williams: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 21.2.2024. (CK)
The cold beauty of a winter sky: Emilia Hoving and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra play Saariaho
United Kingdom Saariaho, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Ning Feng (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Emilia Hoving (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole 14.2.2024. (CK)
A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera
United Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)
Great performance and partnership: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO
United Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov: Louise Alder (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.2.2024. (CK)
Gently revelatory Coleridge-Taylor symphony from Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall
United Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)
Jac van Steen and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra give a thrilling account of Smetana’s Má vlast
United Kingdom Smetana: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jac van Steen (conductor). Portsmouth Guildhall, 25.1.2024. (CK)
Outstanding chamber music-making returns to Romsey
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)
