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Concert Reviews

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Marin Alsop and the San Francisco Symphony bring energy to powerful music of the Americas

13/04/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Various: Gabriela Montero (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Marin Alsop (conductor). Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 11.4.2025. (HS)

Gabriela Montero plays her Piano Concerto No.1 with conductor Marin Alsop and the San Francisco Symphony © Brandon Patoc

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A rainbow of colours from Alexandre Bloch and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in Poole

13/04/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Berlioz, Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Lise Berthaud (viola), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Alexandre Bloch (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 9.4.2025. (CK)

Alexandre Bloch in rehearsal conducting violist Lise Berthaud and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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Witnessing music making at its best: OAE’s Bach St Matthew Passion in Budapest

13/04/2025 by Agnes Kory

HungaryHungary Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Jonathan Cohen (conductor), Grand Hall of the Music Academy, Budapest, 7.4.2025. (AK)

The Budapest Music Academy Grand Hall © Andrea Felvégi/Müpa Budapest

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The fascination of Kurtág’s Játékok for the curious is illuminated by Valeria Szervánszky and Ronald Cavaye

14/04/202513/04/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom György Kurtág Játékok Lecture: Valeria Szervánszky, Ronald Cavaye (speakers/piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.4.2025. (CC)

Ronald Cavaye and Valeria Szervánszky

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Truly momentous Prokofiev from Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra

13/04/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, 10.4.2025. (CC)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda © Mark Allan

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A remarkable Wigmore Hall evening with Héloïse Werner and friends

13/04/202512/04/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Héloïse Werner (soprano) and friends: Héloïse Werner (soprano), Max Baillie (violin/viola), Colin Alexander (cello), Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass), Bruno Heinen (piano), Angela Wai Nok Hui (percussion). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.4.2025. (CC)

Héloïse Werner

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Between form and fracture: Mitsuko Uchida’s power of suggestion at Carnegie Hall

11/04/2025 by Edward Sava-Segal

United StatesUnited States Various: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.4.2025. (ES-S)

Dame Mitsuko Uchida © Fadi Kheir

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The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic give a spectacular concert of romantic works in Edinburgh

10/04/2025 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Schubert: Pablo Ferrández (cello), Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/ Carlo Tenan (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6.4.2025. (GT)

Conductor Carlo Tenan © Greg Macvean

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