United States Various: Nicola Benedetti (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 9.10.2026. (HS)
Benedetti’s Prokofiev and Canellakis’s Rachmaninoff rise to the top in San Francisco
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Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker bathe Carnegie Hall in Italian color
United States Various: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.10.2026. (RP)
Antony Hermus directs a memorable performance of Mahler’s Tenth in Glasgow
United Kingdom Jeths, Mahler: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Antony Hermus (conductor). City Halls, Glasgow, 8.10.2026. (GT)
A diverting programme from Leon Bosch and I Musicanti at the Turner Sims
United Kingdom Beethoven, Cramer, Schubert: Peter Donohoe (piano), Leon Bosch (double bass), I Musicanti. Turner Sims, Southampton, 8.10.2026. (CK)
Shimmering ice to radiant benediction: Hickox and RPO in Sibelius and Vaughan Williams
United Kingdom Bacewicz, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams: Liya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Adam Hickox (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 8.10.2026. (AV-E)
Rachmaninov’s dark magnificence superbly revealed by the Bournemouth SO in Poole
United Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov: Javier Perianes (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Chloé Van Soeterstède (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 7.10.2026. (CK)
Rob Shirakbari in a glorious Burt Bacharach celebration and it is exactly What The World Needs Now
United Kingdom What The World Needs Now – The Burt Bacharach Songbook: Rob Shirakbari (music director, keyboards), Rumer, Shaun Escoffery (soloist), Georgia van Etten, Woody Mankowski, Jana Varga, Michael Bakewell (soloists, instrumentalists), Flo Moore (bass guitar), Ed Richardson (drums), Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 5.10.2026. (JPr)
Pianist Tom Borrow gets serious with Mozart and Liszt in a Berkeley recital
United States Various: Tom Borrow (piano). Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, 6.10.2026. (HS)
