Concert Reviews – Seen and Heard International

Thomas Crawford leads the ACO in fascinating performances of Mozart and Beethoven on period instruments

11/05/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Mozart, Beethoven – ‘Magnificently Mozart’: Andrew Schwartz (bassoon), Petra Somlai (fortepiano), American Classical Orchestra / Thomas Crawford (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York, 7.5.2025. (RP)

Petra Somlai (fortepiano) with American Classical Orchestra © ACO

Many pleasing surprises in Francesco Piemontesi’s Wigmore Hall recital

11/05/202510/05/2025 by Mark Berry

United Kingdom Schubert and Liszt: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.5.2025. (MB)

Fascinating repertoire from Nikita Lukinov at St Mary’s Perivale

10/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Babadjanian: Nikita Lukinov (piano). St Mary’s Perivale, London, 8.5.2025. (CC)

Nilita Lukinov performing in St Mary’s Perivale

A vivid premiere caps Loggins-Hull’s tenure as Composer Fellow for Cleveland Orchestra

10/05/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Mozart, Loggins-Hull, Prokofiev: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 8.5.2025. (MSJ)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra © Extraordinaire Photos/TCO

Dramatic and exciting Haydn and Beethoven and mellifluous Brahms from Emelyanychev and the SCO

09/05/2025 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven, Haydn: Yeol Eum Son (piano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Gregory (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Scottish Chamber Chorus and Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 8.5.2025. (SRT)

Iván Fischer and the BFO’s Mahler ‘Resurrection’ was as close to theatre as you can get

09/05/2025 by Lucy Jeffery

Hungary Hungary Mahler: Anna Lucia Richter (mezzo-soprano), Christiane Karg (soprano), Hungarian National Choir (chorus master: Csaba Somos), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Müpa, Budapest, 6.5.2025. (LJ)

Iván Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra © Pete Woodhead

Astonishing Britten from Clara-Jumi Kang and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Poole

09/05/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Wagner, Britten, Brahms: Clara-Jumi Kang (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 7.5.2025. (CK)

Quatuor Danel’s rare opportunity to hear two Weinberg String Quartets at Wigmore Hall

08/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Weinberg, Shostakovich: Quatuor Danel (Marc Danel, Gilles Millet [violins], Vlad Bogdanas [viola], Yovan Markovitch [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2025. (CC)

Quatuor Danel performing at the Wigmore Hall

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