United Kingdom Various, Um: Sprouting: Yeonjoon Yoon (piano), Yeji Kim (haegeum), Hannah Kim (percussion/voice), Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 17.5.2024. (MBr)
A masterly piano recital from Yeonjoon Yoon at Milton Hall
Marc Bridle
Sunwook Kim’s superlative Brahms rescues an underwhelming Philharmonia Orchestra concert
United Kingdom Wagner, Brahms, R. Schumann: Sunwook Kim (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.5.2024. (MBr)
Kozhukhin’s Rachmaninoff touches greatness in a superb RPO concert with Vasily Petrenko
United Kingdom Smyth, Rachmaninoff, Elgar: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.3.2024. (MBr)
The Anvil: Chinese soft power makes a magnificent impression with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Various: Jiapeng Nie (cello), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra / Lin Daye (conductor). The Anvil, Basingstoke, 20.3.2024. (MBr)
The RPO play superbly for Charlotte Corderoy from what could be seen and heard at Cadogan Hall
United Kingdom Lyadov, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov: Martin James Bartlett (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Charlotte Corderoy (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 29.2.2024. (MBr)
Impressive Wigmore Hall recital of high-class pianism from Yuzhang Li
United Kingdom Beethoven, Rachmaninoff: Yuzhang Li (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.2.2024. (MBr)
Alexander Malofeev plays a dazzling Prokofiev Third with the BBC SO and Hannu Lintu
United Kingdom Rands, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Adams: Alexander Malofeev (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2023. (MBr)
A most enjoyable evening of John Williams with Anne-Sophie Mutter
United Kingdom John Williams and Bernstein: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 13.1.2024. (MBr)
