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Kirill Petrenko’s outstanding Salzburg performance of Mahler’s Eighth sweeps all before it

05/04/202604/04/2026 by Mark Berry

Austria Salzburg Easter Festival 2026 [1] – Mahler: Jacquelyn Wagner, Sarah Wegener, Liv Redpath (sopranos), Beth Taylor, Fleur Barron (mezzo-sopranos), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Gihoon Kim (baritone), Le Bu (bass), Berlin Radio Chorus (director: Justus Barleben), Salzburg Bach Choir (director: Michael Schneider), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Choir (directors: Wolfgang Götz and Regina Sgier), Tölz Boys’ Choir (director: Marco Barbon), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 3.4.2026. (MB)

Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at the Salzburg Easter Festival 2026 © Monika Rittershaus

A pleasant LSO St Luke’s concert, but one that skated on the Mozartian surface

03/04/202603/04/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Mozart: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (violin), Eivind Ringstad (viola), Daniel Jemison (bassoon), Timothy Jones (horn), LSO Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). LSO St Luke’s, London, 29.3.2026. (MB)

Bassoonist Daniel Jemison, conductor Jaime Martin and the LSO Chamber Orchestra © LSO/Mark Allan

Iestyn Davies and colleagues celebrate Dowland’s 400th anniversary at Wigmore Hall

30/03/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Dowland: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Daisy Bevan (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Thomas Dunford (lute). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.3.2026 (MB)

Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford at the Wigmore Hall

The Takács Quartet on top form at Wigmore Hall

27/03/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Haydn, Assad, and Debussy: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 24.3.2026. (MB)

Royal Academy of Music’s enjoyable, succinct production of Handel’s Rinaldo, excellently performed

21/03/2026 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Handel, Rinaldo: Soloists, Royal Academy Sinfonia / David Bates (conductor). Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London, 19.3.2026. (MB)

Abigail Sinclair (Almirena) and Ella Orehek-Coddington (Rinaldo) © Craig Fuller

Bach interspersed with Hindemith, Schnittke, and Shostakovich from Antoine Tamestit and the MCO

20/03/202607/03/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Bach, Hindemith, Schnittke, Shostakovich: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Kammermusiksaal, Berlin, 2.3.2026. (MB)

Violist Antoine Tamestit (viola) and Mahler Chamber Orchestra © Mark Berry

There was much evidence that the Staatsoper audience in Berlin enjoyed their first Janáček Vixen

04/03/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (director: Vinzenz Weissenburger), Staatsopernchor Berlin (director: Dani Juris), Staatskapelle Berlin / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 28.2.2026. (MB)

Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s *The Cunning Little Vixen* © Monika Rittershaus

Berlioz was a magnificent ending to a magnificent Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra evening

28/02/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Berlioz: Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Bruno Delepelaire (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Philharmonie Berlin, 27.2.2026. (MB)

Cellist Bruno Delepelaire (cello) and violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, conductor Tugan Sokhiev and the BPO © Stephan Rabold

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