Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Manfred Honeck brings the Pittsburgh Symphony to Salzburg

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AustriaAustria Salzburg Festival 2024 [6] – Rachmaninov and Mahler: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / Manfred Honeck (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2024. (MB)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck © SF/Marco Borrelli

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Irish Baroque Orchestra’s delightful potpourri and Midori’s Romantic recital in Edinburgh

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2024 [13]: Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (director & harpsichord, 22.8); Midori (violin), Özgür Aydin (piano, 23.8). Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 22 & 23.8.2024. (SRT)

Midori

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Young talents shine at Verão Clássico: a decade of musical excellence in Lisbon

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PortugalPortugal Verão Clássico Festival & Academy 2024 [4] – TalentFest Concerts I-IV: 54 players (violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, piano). Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisbon, 24, 25, 26 & 30.7.2024. (LV)

Violinist Filipe Fernandes playing at the Verão Clássico © Andreia Carvalho

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Ólafsson and Welser-Möst in a richly played Blossom Festival concert

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Festival 2024 [5]: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 17.8.2024. (MSJ)

Conductor Franz Welser-Möst and pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in Schumann’s Piano Concerto © Kevin Libal/CO

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Distinguished rather than gripping St John Passion from Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 40 – Bach, St. John Passion: Benjamin Bruns (tenor – Evangelist), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Christian Immler (bass – Jesus), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Shimon Yoshida (tenor), Yusuke Watanabe (bass – Pilate), Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2024 (JR)

Masaaki Suzuki conducts Bach’s St John Passion at the BBC Proms © BBC/Mark Allan

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Outstanding account of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet at the Clandeboye Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2024 [1] – Schubert, R. Schumann: Barry Douglas (piano), Michael McHale (piano), Andrey Baranov, Michael D’Arcy (violins), Ed Creedon (viola), Arto Noras (cello), Clandeboye Festival, Clandeboye Estate, Northern Ireland, 17.8.2024. (RB)

Barry Douglas and Michael McHale © Michael Burch

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