United Kingdom John Barrowman – Laid Bare: Towngate Theatre, Basildon, Essex, 11.10.2024. (JPr)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
An ovation from the Cleveland Orchestra for conductor/composer Esa-Pekka Salonen
United 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)
Robert Taub and four composing Bs in Plymouth
United Kingdom Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms: Robert Taub (piano). Levinsky Hall, University of Plymouth, 12.10.2024. (PRB)
Unsuk Chin’s star (or, indeed, stars) shone the brightest in this BBC SO concert
United Kingdom Unsuk Chin, Bartók, Debussy, Ravel: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dinis Sousa (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 12.10.2024. (CC)
‘Phenomenal Women’: a classic Chineke! musical feast
United 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)
Dudamel’s LA Phil opens Carnegie Hall’s season with fantastic displays of orchestral color and drama
United States Various: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 8 & 9.10.2024. (RP)
An imbalanced rendering of Mahler’s Symphony No.8 in Boston
United 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)
Ortiz’s ecological vision and Dudamel’s Shakespearean dream at Disney Hall
United 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)