United States Haydn, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra / Petr Popelka (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 30.10.2026. (MSJ)
Popelka auditions for Cleveland with vivid quiet moments but a tight leash on peaks
Concert Reviews
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Music by Benjamin and Messiaen is a brave start to this year’s London Piano Festival
United Kingdom London Piano Festival 2026 [1] – Opening Night, Divisions & Visions: Donald McLeod in conversation with George Benjamin, Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva (pianos). Kings Place, 29.10.2026. (CC)
Elim Chan leads the San Francisco Symphony in a powerful John Adams symphony
United States Various: Renaud Capuçon (violin), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (director: Jenny Wong), San Francisco Symphony / Elim Chan (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 29.10.2026. (HS)
Voices of Ascension explores war, mortality and the consolation of music
United States Haydn, Fauré: Sarah Frei (soprano), Meredith Wohlgemuth (soprano), Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Swensen (tenor), Joseph Parrish (baritone), Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra / Dennis Keene (conductor). Church of the Ascension (Episcopal), New York, 29.10.2026. (RP)
Youl Sun: speed, force, accuracy – but only flashes of poetry
United States Various: Youl Sun (piano). Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 29.10.2026. (ES-S)
Parham and Russell Beale take us to the man behind the music in Rêverie: The Life and Loves of Claude Debussy
United Kingdom Debussy: Lucy Parham (piano), Sir Simon Russell Beale (narrator). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.10.2026. (CSa)
A feast of Czech music from Ehnes, Edusei and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Pejačević, Dvořák, Suk, Janáček: James Ehnes (violin), Philharmonia / Kevin John Edusei (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.10.2026. (CK)
Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra contrast the fascinating new with the familiar old
United Kingdom Liadov, Kendall, Tchaikovsky: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.10.2026. (JR)
