Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

An ovation from the Cleveland Orchestra for conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen

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United StatesUnited States Ravel, Salonen, Sibelius: Senja Rummukainen (cello), Cleveland Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.10.2024. (MSJ)

Senja Rummukainen plays Salonen’s Cello Concerto © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

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‘Phenomenal Women’: a classic Chineke! musical feast

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alberga, A Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Price: Meera Maharaj (flute), Myfanwy Price (oboe), Stephanie Yim (clarinet), Daria Phillips (bassoon), Nivanthi Karunaratne (horn), Chineke! Orchestra / Tatiana Pėrez (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 9.10.2024. (CK)

Stephanie Yim (clarinet) © Chuko Cribb

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An imbalanced rendering of Mahler’s Symphony No.8 in Boston

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United StatesUnited States Mahler, Symphony No.8: Soloists, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (conductor: James Burton), Boys of the Saint Paul’s Choir School (music director: Brandon Straub), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Boston, 6.10.2024. (ES-S)

Andris Nelsons conducts Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the BSO © Winslow Townson

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Ortiz’s ecological vision and Dudamel’s Shakespearean dream at Disney Hall

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United StatesUnited States Ortiz, Mendelssohn: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Jana McIntyre (soprano), Deepa Johnny (mezzo-soprano), María Valverde (narrator), Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 3.10.2024. (LV)

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, composer Gabriela Ortiz and cellist Alisa Weilerstein after the premiere of Dzonot © Timothy Norris/LA Phil

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