Concert Reviews – Page 14 – Seen and Heard International

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Turnage and Brahms in Munich

16/02/2025 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Germany Turnage, Brahms: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Michael Nagy (baritone), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Herkulessaal, Munich, 14.2.2025. (ALL)

Sir Simon Rattle and Mark-Anthony Turnage © BR/Severin Vogl

Autumnal Walton and rejuvenating Mahler from Pappano and the LSO at Bristol Beacon

16/02/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Walton, Mahler: Rebecca Gilliver (cello), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Bristol Beacon, 13.2.2025. (CK)

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts cellist Rebecca Gilliver and the LSO © Giulia Spadafora

Wang, Salonen and the SF Symphony relish the offbeat inventiveness of Ravel and Rauravaara

15/02/2025 by Harvey Steiman

United States Ravel, Rautavaara, Debussy: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 13.2.2025. (HS)

Yuja Wang takes a bow after an encore of Étude No.6 by Philip Glass © Stefan Cohen

US premiere of Colasanti work joins Bruckner 7 in Cleveland with Tim Mead and Fabio Luisi

15/02/2025 by Mark S Jordan

United States Colasanti, Bruckner: Tim Mead (countertenor), Cleveland Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 13.2.2025. (MSJ)

Countertenor Tim Mead sings Silvia Colasanti’s *Time’s Cruel Hand* with the Cleveland Orchestra © Roger Mastroianni/TCO

Leon Botstein and TŌN resurrect Weingartner’s transcription of Beethoven’s ‘Hammerklavier’

15/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various – ‘Transcription as Translation’: The Orchestra Now / Leon Botstein (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.2.2025. (RP)

Concertmaster Samuel Frois and The Orchestra Now © Matt Dine

Ensemble Connect premieres works by Katherine Balch in an eclectic program

14/02/2025 by Rick Perdian

United States Various: Ensemble Connect. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.2.2025. (RP)

Oliver Xu (percussion) in Katherine Balch’s ‘musica spolia’ © Richard Termine

A compelling and memorable Winterreise in Salisbury from Sam Poppleton and Harry Sever

13/02/2025 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Schubert: Sam Poppleton (baritone), Harry Sever (piano). St. Martin’s Church, Salisbury, 8.2.2025. (CK)

Baritone Sam Poppleton accompanied by pianist Harry Sever

Dvořák’s Rusalka fairy-tale gets a spa setting in Osnabrück

12/02/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists and Chorus of Theater Osnabrück, Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester / Andreas Hotz (conductor). Theater Osnabrück, 9.2.2025. (DM-D)