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Marc Bridle

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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Noah Zhou’s tremendous Wigmore Hall recital… even with the minor quibble

23/01/202522/01/2025 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninoff, Clementi, Liszt: Noah Zhou (piano). Wigmore Hall, 15.1.2025. (MBr)

Noah Zhou

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Yomiuri Nippon at The Anvil: an exceptional orchestra in a sometimes less than compelling programme

29/10/2024 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ifukube, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra / Sebastian Weigle (conductor). The Anvil, Basingstoke, 22.10.2024. (MBr)

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra © YNSO

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Flawless Glass: the Philip Glass Ensemble at the Barbican

26/10/202402/10/2024 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glass: Philip Glass Ensemble. Barbican Hall, London, 28.9.2024. (MBr)

Philip Glass Ensemble © Ryuhei Shindo

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Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC SO in a paradoxical Mahler Sixth

26/10/202430/09/2024 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Barbican, London, 26.9.2024. (MBr)

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © Mark Allan

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An undeniably magical encore is the highlight of Yunchan Lim’s debut at the Proms

03/08/202430/07/2024 by Marc Bridle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 14 – Tüür, Beethoven, Bruckner: Yunchan Lim (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.7.2024. (MBr)

Paavo Järvi conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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