Concert Reviews – Seen and Heard International

Les Arts Florissants’s perfect selection of Charpentier’s works, beautifully performed

18/04/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Leçons de Ténébres: Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (director/organ) with Ilja Aksionov (tenor) and Padraic Rowan (bass-baritone). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.4.2025. (CC)

Les Arts Florissants at the Wigmore Hall (front l-r, William Christie, Padraic Rowan and Ilja Aksionov) © Sisi Burn

Ólafsson at Wigmore Hall: Bach’s Goldberg Variations take wing and end with a prayer

17/04/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom JS Bach: Vikingur Ólafsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.4.2025. (CSa)

Erin Morley and Gerald Martin Moore offer a garden of songs at the Park Avenue Armory

16/04/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Erin Morley (soprano), Gerald Martin Moore (piano). Board of Officers Room, Park Avenue Armory, New York, 11.4.2025. (RP)

Bernard Labadie and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s close a chapter with a masterful St. John Passion

15/04/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Bach, St. John Passion: Soloists, La Chapelle de Québec, Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Bernard Labadie (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.4.2025. (RP)

First-rate Dublin concert of Dessner and Stravinsky featuring great playing from the soloists and the NSO

15/04/2025 by Robert Beattie

Ireland Bryce Dessner, Stravinsky: Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin (guitars), Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), National Symphony Orchestra / André de Ridder (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 11.4.2025. (RB)

André de Ridder conducts pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque and the NSO in Bryce Dessner’s Concerto for Two Pianos

A modern Goldberg Variations from Yunchan Lim at Wigmore Hall

15/04/202515/04/2025 by Marc Bridle

United Kingdom Hanruji Lee, Bach: Yunchan Lim (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.4.2025. (MBr)

A theatre of sound in a voyage across time, form and geography from Jordi Savall

14/04/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United States Various – ‘Music of Fire & Love’: Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall (director, treble viol). The 92nd Street Y, New York, 11.4.2025. (ES-S)

Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) © Joseph Sinnott

Deeply moving recital by mezzo-soprano Megan Moore and pianist Francesco Barfoed at the Morgan

15/04/202514/04/2025 by Daniele Sahr

United States Various – ‘Crossing Borders’: Megan Moore (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Barfoed (piano). Morgan Library and Museum, New York, 6.4.2025. (DS)