United Kingdom Composition: Wales 2023: BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 7.3.2023. (PCG)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Thielemann’s no-nonsense walk through the Alps with the Vienna Phil at Cal Performances
United States Schoenberg, R. Strauss: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 7.3.2023. (HS)
Grief, joy and the promise of eternity: a fascinating journey of discovery from Hannigan and the LSO
United Kingdom JS Bach (arr. Berio), Alban Berg, Haydn and Claude Vivier: Veronika Eberle (violin), Aphrodite Patoulidou (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Barbara Hannigan (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 2.3.2023. (CSa)
Perspectives from Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall
United States Mozart – Mitsuko Uchida Master Class: Matthew Figel, Evren Ozel, Tomoki Park, Xiaohui Yang (piano). Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall, NY, 1.3.2023. (RP)
David Robertson and the Seattle Symphony’s captivating performance of Rachmaninov, Ligeti and Bartók
United States Ligeti, Bartók, Rachmaninov: Noah Geller (violin), Seattle Symphony / David Robertson (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.3.2023. (ZC)
As ever, fresh revelations and new ideas from Emelyanychev’s Mendelssohn with the SCO
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Hilary Cronin and Jessica Cale (sopranos), sopranos and altos of the SCO Chorus, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 2.3.2023. (SRT)
A wonderful evening of Lieder from Nina Stemme
United Kingdom Wagner, Liszt, Koch, Mahler, and Weill: Nina Stemme (soprano), Magnus Svensson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 2.3.2023. (MB)
A great debut concert in Scotland’s capital by this young virtuoso orchestra from Armenia
United Kingdom Khachaturian, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Sergey Smbatyan (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 19.2.2023. (GT)
