Concert Reviews – Page 12 – Seen and Heard International

US premiere of Colasanti work joins Bruckner 7 in Cleveland with Tim Mead and Fabio Luisi

15/02/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Colasanti, Bruckner: Tim Mead (countertenor), Cleveland Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.2.2025. (MSJ)

Countertenor Tim Mead sings Silvia Colasanti’s *Time’s Cruel Hand* with the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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

A compelling and memorable Winterreise in Salisbury from Sam Poppleton and Harry Sever

13/02/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Schubert: Sam Poppleton (baritone), Harry Sever (piano). St. Martin’s Church, Salisbury, 8.2.2025. (CK)

Baritone Sam Poppleton accompanied by pianist Harry Sever

Dvořák’s Rusalka fairy-tale gets a spa setting in Osnabrück

12/02/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Osnabrück, Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester / Andreas Hotz (conductor). Theater Osnabrück, 9.2.2025. (DM-D)

Dominic Barberi (Vodník) and Tetiana Miyus (Rusalka) © Stephan Glagla

Supreme artistry of Maisky, Argerich and Ivanov makes for rare and precious evening at Wigmore Hall

12/02/202511/02/2025 by Christopher Sallon

United Kingdom Bach, Haydn and Mendelssohn: Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) Yossif Ivanov (violin). Wigmore Hall, London. 6.2.2025. (CSa)

Violinist Yossif Ivanov, pianist Martha Argerich, and Mischa Maisky (cello) © Wigmore Hall

Manchester Collective’s Hidden Mechanisms impresses at the Purcell Room

12/02/202511/02/2025 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Leith, Werner, Miller, Mustonen – Hidden Mechanisms: Manchester Collective. Purcell Room, London, 9.2.2025. (CC)

Manchester Collective: [l-r] Junyan Chen (piano), Sarah Brandwood-Spencer (violin), Ruth Gibson (viola), Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin) and Nick Trygstad (cello) © Sozosei Photography

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)