Ireland Haydn, Mozart: Jonathan Biss (piano), National Symphony Orchestra Ireland / Peter Whelan (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 9.10.2026. (RB)
Admirable Haydn and Mozart from the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and Peter Whelan
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Benedetti’s Prokofiev and Canellakis’s Rachmaninoff rise to the top in San Francisco
United States Various: Nicola Benedetti (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Karina Canellakis (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 9.10.2026. (HS)
Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker bathe Carnegie Hall in Italian color
United States Various: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.10.2026. (RP)
Pianist Tom Borrow gets serious with Mozart and Liszt in a Berkeley recital
United States Various: Tom Borrow (piano). Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, Berkeley, 6.10.2026. (HS)
Living composers explore New York City ties (somewhat) at The Village Trip festival
United States Various, The Village Trip – ‘Village Voices’: Soloists, St. John’s in the Village, New York, 2.10.2026. (DS)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s exciting debut with the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Hungary Sibelius and Haydn: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Müpa, Budapest, 4.102026 (LJ)
Four Last Songs: Madeleine Pierard with Sir Donald Runnicles and the NZSO in Wellington
New Zealand R. Strauss, Brahms: Madeleine Pierard (soprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 2.10.2026. (PM)
Exciting Tchaikovsky from Emanuil Ivanov in Dublin
Ireland Bacewicz, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Emanuil Ivanov (piano), National Symphony Orchestra Ireland / John Wilson (conductor). National Concert Hall, Dublin, 2.10.2026. (RB)
