United Kingdom Prokofiev, Stravinsky: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu Matias-Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 18.5.2023. (JC)
Concert Reviews
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Perfect Symbiosis: outstanding Brahms from pianist Sunwook Kim and the LSO under Tilson Thomas
United Kingdom Brahms: Sunwook Kim (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Barbican Centre, London, 17.5.2023. (MBr)
Elegiac struggle between life and death: Iván Fischer and his Budapest orchestra triumph in Mahler’s Ninth
United Kingdom Mahler: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.5.2023. (CSa)
Rich contrasts: a Wigmore Hall evening of dazzling versatility by the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Haydn, F. Mendelssohn and Schubert: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], and András Fejér [cello]. Wigmore Hall, London, 15.5.2023. (CSa)
Commanding Korngold and Bartók from James Ehnes in Vancouver
Canada Various: James Ehnes (violin and viola), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Katharina Wincor (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 12.5.2023. (GN)
Pianist Daniel Ciobanu triumphs with the BBC NOW in Cardiff
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Clyne: Daniel Ciobanu (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / James Feddeck (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 11.5.2023. (PCG)
The BBC SSO rewards another outing of the Scottish Symphony with a cracker performance
United Kingdom Saariaho, Ravel, Mendelssohn: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Simone Menezes (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 14.5.2023. (SRT)
A Bach-tastic evening with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Switzerland Bach: Matthias Havinga (organ), Julia Becker (violino piccolo), Simon Fuchs (oboe), Isaac Duarte (oboe), Kaspar Zimmermann (oboe), Ivo Gass (horn), Robert Teutsch (horn), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor). Tonhalle, Zürich, 21.4.2023. (VL)