Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Fierce Mahler from Elim Chan and the Clevelanders and breathtaking Ravel from Christiane Karg

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United StatesUnited States Blossom Music Festival 2025 [5]: Christiane Karg (soprano), Cleveland Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor). Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, 9.8.2025. (MSJ)

Elim Chan conducts The Cleveland Orchestra © Scott Esterly/TCO

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Iván Fischer and Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Beethoven and Bartók keeps the Prommers spellbound

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [11] – Beethoven, Bartók: Dorottya Láng (mezzo-soprano), Krisztián Cser (bass), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 6.8.2025. (AK)

Iván Fischer conducts Dorottya Láng (Judith), Krisztián Cser (Bluebeard) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Wroclaw’s NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra bring sheer richness of sound to the EIF’s Focus on Poland

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2025 [3]: Bacewicz, R Strauss, Kilar, Bizet/Shchedrin: NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra / Alexander Sitkovetsy (leader/director). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.8.2025. (SRT)

NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra (at a previous concert) © Karol Sokolowski (1)

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Apollo’s Fire blazes in dueling concertos to open Ohio season

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United StatesUnited States ‘Fencing Match, Round One’ – Various: Kathie Stewart (flute), Daphna Mor (recorder), Alan Choo, Susanna Perry Gilmore, Emi Tanabe (violins), René Schiffer, Rebecca Landell (violas da gamba), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). Bath Church, Ohio, 8.8.2025. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Beatrice Rana’s fresh performance of Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini wows Prommers

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [12] – Dukas, Rachmaninov, Bartók: Beatrice Rana (piano), BBC Singers (chorus master: Neil Ferris), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.8.2025. (LJ)

Josep Pons conducts the BBC SO © BBC/Mark Allan

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