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
The complete list of posted concert reviews
There were few better ways to spend an evening than at the London Piano Festival’s Mozart Gala
United Kingdom London Piano Festival [2] – Mozart Gala: Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva, Junyan Chen, Tom Poster, Martin James Bartlett (pianos). Kings Place, 31.10.2026. (CC)
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)
