United States Various: Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson (pianos). Carnegie Hall, New York, 19.2.2025. (ES-S)
Balancing fire and ice: Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson at Carnegie Hall
Concert Reviews
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Adès nails the expansion of America: A Prophecy in US premiere with the Cleveland Orchestra
United States Adès Conducts Adès: Sasha Cooke (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus / Lisa Wong (director), Cleveland Orchestra / Thomas Adès (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 20.2.2025. (MSJ)
Janáček’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ from the ASMF provides a lasting memory in their St Martin’s concert
United Kingdom Janáček, Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich: Peter Donohoe (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, 15.2.2025. (MBr)
Takács Quartet finds delightful twists in Haydn, Britten and Beethoven in their Berkeley recital
United States Haydn, Britten, Beethoven: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], András Fejér [cello]). Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California Berkeley, 16.2.2025. (HS)
A mixed afternoon of cinema scores from the Madrid Philharmonic
United Kingdom Ennio Morricone and 100 Years of Cinema: Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra / Fernando Furones (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2025. (MBr)
VENI ensemble’s fascinating, invigorating Bratislava concert
Slovakia (slovak Republic) Save Our Souls: VENI ensemble. Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 11.2.2025. (CC)
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff dazzles in Sibelius, and Afkham and the CSO bring Schoenberg to life
United States Wagner, Sibelius, Schoenberg: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Chicago Symphony Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor). Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 14.2.2025. (ZC)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Turnage and Brahms in Munich
Germany Turnage, Brahms: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Michael Nagy (baritone), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulessaal, Munich, 14.2.2025. (ALL)
