United States Sean Hickey, Sapiens: Vladimir Rumyantsev (piano). The Checkout, Chicago, 27.9.2025. (ZC)
A new Chicago venue makes its case with Sean Hickey’s audacious Sapiens
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Trinity Church premieres Andrew Yee’s eloquent, moving Trans Requiem
United States ‘Undivided’ – Oliveros, Barber, Yee: Breanna Sinclairé (soprano), Katherine Goforth (tenor), Andrew Yee (singer/cellist), Trinity Choir, Trinity Youth Chorus, NOVUS / Melissa Attebury (conductor). Trinity Church, New York, 18.9.2025. (RP)
Fragments and monumentality: Mäkelä with the Concertgebouw at the Enescu Festival
Romania George Enescu Festival 2025 [8] – Schubert/Berio, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Palace Hall, Bucharest, 20.9.2025. (ES-S)
Pianist Alexander Malofeev’s illuminating Tchaikovsky performance in Vancouver
Canada Mazzoli, Tchaikovsky, R. Strauss: Alexander Malofeev (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.9.2025. (GN)
French children’s classics are brought to life by incandescent visuals at the Enescu Festival
Romania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [5] – Poulenc, Ravel: Braşov Philharmonic Orchestra / David Molard Soriano (conductor). Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu (MC), Oana Berbec (narrator), Grégoire Pont (artist/illustrator), Odeon Theatre, Bucharest, 14.9.2025. (GT)
Gaffigan and the San Francisco Symphony make magic with jazz-infused ‘classical’ music
United States Various: Hélène Grimaud (piano), San Francisco Symphony / James Gaffigan (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 18.9.2025. (HS)
Anna Lapwood celebrates Trinity Church’s new organ with wonderful sounds, energy and joy
United States Various, ‘Pipes’: Anna Lapwood (organ), Trinity Church, New York, 14.9.2025. (RP)
Argerich and Dutoit in a French soundworld at the Enescu Festival
Romania George Enescu International Festival 2025 [6] – Ravel, Debussy: Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo / Charles Dutoit (conductor). Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, 15.9.2025. (ES-S)
