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Marc Bridle

A modern Goldberg Variations from Yunchan Lim at Wigmore Hall

15/04/202515/04/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hanruji Lee, Bach: Yunchan Lim (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.4.2025. (MBr)

Pianist Yunchan Lim at Wigmore Hall

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Noseda and the LSO make a persuasive case for Shostakovich’s most problematic symphony

10/04/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich, MacMillan: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2025. (MBr)

Violinist Nicola Benedetti and the LSO conducted by Gianandrea Noseda © Mark Allan

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The glory of the Double Bass: Will Duerden at Wigmore Hall

18/03/202505/03/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Will Duerden (double bass), Svitlana Kosenko (piano). Wigmore Hall, 4.3.2025. (MBr)

Will Duerden © Andrej Grilc

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Richard Strauss and Grieg with Osborne, Gardner and the LPO

01/03/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom León, Grieg, Richard Strauss: Steven Osborne (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 21.2.2025. (MBr)

Edward Gardner conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan

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Aristocratic Prokofiev and dark Rachmaninoff from Daniel Lozakovich and Tugan Sokhiev

26/02/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff: Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.2.2025. (MBr)

Daniel Lozakovich © Martin Raphaël Martiq

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Janáček’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ from the ASMF provides a lasting memory in their St Martin’s concert

20/02/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janáček, Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich: Peter Donohoe (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 15.2.2025. (MBr)

Peter Donohoe

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A mixed afternoon of cinema scores from the Madrid Philharmonic

17/02/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ennio Morricone and 100 Years of Cinema: Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra / Fernando Furones (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (MBr)

The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra at a previous London concert in Cadogan Hall

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Powerful and exceptional Wigmore Hall concert commemorating the Holocaust

28/01/202527/01/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Music in Auschwitz: Commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day, various soloists, Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025 (MBr)

Cellists Raphael Wallfisch and pianist Simon Callaghan © Wigmore Hall

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