International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Extra dimensions from dance lift Julia Bullock’s touching Messiaen song cycle in Berkeley

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United StatesUnited States Messiaen, Harawi: Julia Bullock (soprano), Conor Hanick (piano), American Modern Opera Company. Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.9.2024. (HS)

Pianist Conor Hanick, singer Julia Bullock and dancer Or Schraiber © Brittany Hosea-Small

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Stewart Goodyear and ‘Symphonic Cinema’ successfully send off Vancouver Symphony’s new season

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CanadaCanada Morlock, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Symphonic Cinema (director: Lucas van Woerkum), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 20.9.2024. (GN)

Otto Tausk conducts pianist Stewart Goodyear and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra © VSO

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Nico Muhly’s vivid Piano Concerto riffs on French Baroque ideals in its SF Symphony world premiere

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United StatesUnited States Hindemith, Muhly, Bach: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 28.9.2024. (HS)

Alexandre Tharaud plays the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Piano Concerto with the SF Symphony conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen © Kristin Loken

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Tension and drama abound in the Chicago Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Fourth and Walton Viola Concerto

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United StatesUnited States Vaughan-Williams, Walton, Tchaikovsky: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 26.9.2024. (ZC)

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2021 © Todd Rosenberg/CSO

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts a Bach St Matthew Passion of great integrity in Munich

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GermanyGermany Bach, Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion): Soloists, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulessaal, Munich, 26.9.2024. (ALL)

Bach’s St Matthew Passion in Munich’s Herkulessaal © Severin Vogl/BRSO

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Fabulous start to Insula’s season with Chopin and Robert Schumann from Debargue and Equilbey in Paris

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FranceFrance Chopin, R. Schumann: Lucas Debargue (piano), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 24.9.2024. (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts pianist Lucas Debargue and the Insula Orchestra © Julien Benhamou

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