International Concerts – Page 6 – Seen and Heard International

Leon Botstein and TŌN resurrect Weingartner’s transcription of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’

15/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various – ‘Transcription as Translation’: The Orchestra Now / Leon Botstein (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.2.2025. (RP)

Concertmaster Samuel Frois and The Orchestra Now © Matt Dine

Ensemble Connect premieres works by Katherine Balch in an eclectic program

14/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.2.2025. (RP)

Oliver Xu (percussion) in Katherine Balch’s ‘musica spolia’ © Richard Termine

Wu Han, Arnaud Sussman and David Finckel excel with Mendelssohn in Berkeley

11/02/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Haydn, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Wu Han (piano), Arnaud Sussmann (violin), David Finckel (cello). Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California Berkeley, 9.2.2025. (HS)

Arnaud Sussmann (violin), Wu Han (piano), and David Finckel (cello)

Thomas Guggeis blazes in an auspicious debut with the Cleveland Orchestra

10/02/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States R. Strauss, Dutilleux, Ravel: Mark Kosower (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Thomas Guggeis (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 6.2.2025. (MSJ)

Cellist Mark Kosower and the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/CO

Augustin Hadelich and Yale Philharmonia perform a stirring Britten Violin Concerto

10/02/202510/02/2025 by Daniele Sahr

United States Tower, Britten, Berlioz: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Yale Philharmonia / Peter Oundjian (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 22.1.2025. (DS)

Peter Oundjian conducts violinist Augustin Hadelich and the Yale Philharmonia © Matt Fried

Kent Tritle explores the wondrous sounds of St. John the Divine’s Great Organ

10/02/202509/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Kent Tritle (organ). The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, 4.2.2025. (RP)

Kent Tritle at the Great Organ © St. John the Divine

Despite stumbles, rarely-performed Shostakovich and Mahler deliver choice moments in San Francisco

08/02/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Shostakovich, Mahler: Kirill Gerstein (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.2.2025. (HS)

Delicate instruments shine in Vivaldi and Telemann with Daphna Mor and Apollo’s Fire in Ohio

08/02/202507/02/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Vivaldi, Telemann – Virtuoso Brilliance’: Daphna Mor (recorder), HyunKun Cho (viola da gamba), Emi Tanabe, Chloe Fedor, Edwin Huizinga and Carrie Krause (violins), Apollo’s Fire / Alan Choo (violin and direction). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 6.2.2025. (MSJ)

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