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Mark Berry

HGO’s production of Eugene Onegin is highly impressive

10/11/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, HGO Chorus and Orchestra / Oliver Cope (conductor). Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, London, 8.11.2024. (MB)

A scene from HGO’s Eugene Onegin © Laurent Compagnon

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Much to admire in Daniele Rustioni’s performances with the LSO

10/11/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Schubert: Francesca Dego (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 7.11.2024. (MB)

Violinist Francesca Dego and the LSO conducted by Daniele Rustioni © Mark Allan

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Daniel Barenboim and the WEDO in London demonstrate again their formidable partnership

06/11/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn and Brahms: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2024.(MB)

Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra © Pete Woodhead

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Lisa Illean’s new Sonata complements the Diabelli Variations in Cédric Tiberghien’s Wigmore Hall recital

30/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Illean and Beethoven: Cédric Tiberghien (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.10.2024. (MB)

Cédric Tiberghien © Ben Ealovega

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London Sinfonietta’s handsome 150th anniversary tribute to Arnold Schoenberg

26/10/202423/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Lutyens, and Webern: Andrew Zolinsky (piano), Richard Burkhard (baritone, speaker), London Sinfonietta / Jonathan Berman (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 20.10.2024. (MB)

Jonathan Berman conducts the London Sinfonietta © Monika S Jakubowska

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ENO’s strongly sung new production of The Turn of the Screw

26/10/202417/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Duncan Ward (conductor). London Coliseum, 16.10.2024. (MB)

[l-r] Robert Murray (Peter Quint), Rachel Laird, Victoria Nekhaenko (Flora), Jerry Louth (Miles), and Ailish Tynan (Governess) © Manuel Harlan

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English Touring Opera’s fresh, engaging account of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden

26/10/202404/10/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snowmaiden: Soloists, Choral Ensemble, Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Hannah Quinn (conductor). Hackney Empire, London, 28.9.2024. (MB)

Ffion Edwards (Snowmaiden) and Kitty Whately (Lel) © Richard Hubert Smith

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An outstanding London recital from Igor Levit

26/10/202428/09/2024 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.9.2024. (MB)

Pianist Igor Levit © Oliver Killig

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